Statement on EU Ombudsman’s recent finding of maladministration

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 …

Statement on European Ombudswoman’s findings on urgent law-making procedures

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 …