Tag: European Ombudsman

EU transparency news reports in 2022

Post author By Editor
Post date August 21, 2023

Since September 2014, the Open Government in the EU blog scans English-language online news outlets for news on EU transparency. Below, you can find the news digest for 2022.

Central topics in news coverage were opacities caused by the corona pandemic and the rule of law crisis, and the potential reform of the EU’s access to documents regulation.

Tags 2022, 2023, access to documents, coronavirus, European Ombudsman, european parliament, frontex, media reports, news reports, pan-european media, pfizergate, von der leyen

Civil society Oversight

Calls for transparency in the wake of the Qatargate corruption scandal

Post author By Editor
Post date December 16, 2022

Universal expressions of outrage are swiftly followed by calls for greater transparency.

Implicated MEPs Eva Kaili and Antonio Panzeri of the European Parliament’s Social Democratic Group (image: Wikipedia creative commons).

Tags 2022, antonio panzeri, corruption, EU ethics, European Ombudsman, european parliament, eva kaili, lobbying, olaf, qatar, qatargate, register, scandal

Civil society

Secrecy over Brexit agreement (Part II)

Post author By Editor
Post date September 27, 2022

Necessarily restricted public participation? Ombudsman confirmed her findings of maladministration by the Council in absence of increased access to Council Legal Service’s opinion.

While the EU was praised for its transparency in negotiations with the exiting United Kingdom, this openness appears not to extend to its internal legal advice regarding the negotiation process. In this sequel to her previous blog post, Vellamo Jutila analyses the legal exchange following her a complaint to the European Ombudsman concerning the Council’s decision refusing her access to this legal advice.