Happy international day for universal access to information!
EU citizens have the right to access documents held by EU institutions, bodies, & agencies. This helps keep decision-makers accountable.
Report on our work on
#AccessToDocuments
:
#IDUAI
"Building a more ethical culture in Brussels, Strasbourg and elsewhere is a collective responsibility. This is particularly true of the revolving door phenomenon, which necessarily crosses sectors, codes and legal frameworks."
🇪🇺 Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly speech to
@seap_eu
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🎉Today on
#EuropeanDayofLanguages
, we celebrate linguistic diversity. Applying the principle of multilingualism is of paramount importance for interactions with 🇪🇺 citizens.
Our guidelines to the 🇪🇺 admin on the use of EU languages:
#EDLangs24
#EDLangs
We welcome that
@EU_Commission
now requires former officials to mention restrictions were imposed on them in public communications about their future position.
We've asked that it require them to describe these restrictions accurately and meaningfully.
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We have asked
@EU_Commission
to publish details on how it has handled the planned move by a
@EU_Competition
director to the Brussels office of an US law firm.
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Several speakers and attendees gathered this evening to hear Emily O'Reilly reflect on her 11 years as European Ombudsman.
Read Ombudsman O’Reilly’s keynote:
We have asked
@EU_Commission
how it works on urgent legislative proposals, such as the recent amendment to CAP legislation, and how it assesses whether proposals are consistent with climate-neutrality objectives in the European Climate Law.
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Despite smoking bans and a lower take up of tobacco products by younger people, smoking remains the most significant cause of premature death in the EU, responsible for nearly 700,000 deaths every year.
Emily O'Reilly speech at
@WHO_Europe
workshop on Law and Tobacco Control 👇
In our letter, we note
@EU_Commission
's progress in assessing the risk of exposure of its depts to tobacco lobbyists, and look forward to its conclusions.
We remind the EC of the importance of evaluating on a case-by-case basis if interactions with tobacco reps are necessary.
In case you missed it, watch here last week's presentation of our work and impact by 🇪🇺 Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly to the new
@EP_Petitions
committee ⬇️
Discover more in Our Annual Report 📖
While we acknowledge that
@EU_Commission
has a duty to protect its staff from undue influence, we have found that it should have explained better and more proactively why it decided to remove contact details from the EU ‘Whoiswho’ online directory.
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Watch now as 🇪🇺 Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly highlights our role in ensuring that the EU administration adheres to the highest standards of transparency, accountability and ethics before the new
@EP_Petitions
committee.
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