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The 🇪🇺 Ombudsman promotes good EU administration by investigating complaints and systemic issues. Account managed by the comms team.

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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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
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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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"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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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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
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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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. 🔗
@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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:
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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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 👇
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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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.
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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
19 days
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 📖
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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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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@EUombudsman
European Ombudsman
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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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