SEAP President Emma Brown has responded to the European Ombudsman’s recent finding of maladministration in the European Commission’s handling of urgent legislative proposals: “The European Ombudsman’s decision is a timely reminder that urgency may justify speed, but it should never justify opacity. Across three cases (the sustainability Omnibus, the Common …
SEAP welcomes the European Commission’s Better Regulation Communication and its recognition that the European Union’ Better Regulation framework can always be improved, and that the quality of EU lawmaking matters for competitiveness, legal certainty, enforcement and trust. The priority now is clear: these commitments must translate into a genuine change …
SEAP takes note of today’s decision by European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho, which identifies several procedural shortcomings in how the European Commission prepared a number of recent urgent legislative proposals. The Ombudswoman finds that the Commission did not fully apply its own Better Regulation rules, amounting to maladministration. SEAP President Emma …
The European Commission has recently introduced new transparency rules. Since 1 January 2025, all senior Commission staff – including Directors-General, Directors, and Heads of Unit – must follow the same meeting rules as Commissioners and their teams. They can only meet with interest representatives who are registered in the Transparency Register. …
Statement by Emma Brown, President of the Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP) on the European Commission’s Cabinets “The absence of transparency regarding the composition of the European Commission Cabinets is a pressing concern. During the previous mandate, the EU Who’s Who was removed for certain levels, and now, over …
