EU Ombudsman says Commission failed to clear Wojciechowskiโ€™s conflicts of interest

In todayโ€™s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czechia’s anti-monopoly office halting the progress of a nuclear tender , a candidate in the Romanian presidential race being accused of using a troll farm, and so much more.ย ย 

EU refuses to publish findings of Tunisia human rights inquiry

Inquiry preceded controversial migration deal linked to claims of abuse in increasingly authoritarian countryThe European Commission is refusing to publish the findings of a human rights inquiry into Tunisia it conducted shortly before announcing a con…

Has the EU really become more transparent? ‘Sort of,’ – EU Ombudswoman | Radio Schuman

European Commissionโ€™s culture of secrecy as seen by the EU Ombudsman who has pushed for new standards of openness and transparency in EU institutions.

EU Commission rejects greater transparency after โ€˜corrosiveโ€™ revolving door scandal

The European Commission says it wonโ€™t immediately publish details of the restrictions placed on Henrik Morch, whose move earlier this year from its antitrust department to law firm Paul, Weiss drew protests from EU Ombudsman Emily Oโ€™Reilly.

NGOs take relaxation of CAP green rules to EUโ€™s administrative watchdog

NGOs ClientEarth and BirdLife Europe on Wednesday (24 July) presented a complaint to the EU Ombudsman over the European Commissionโ€™s decision to relax some of the environmental requirements under the blocโ€™s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Tech file on online child abuse material remains incomplete, risks grodlock

The draft law on detecting and reporting online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sparking criticism and tension in the past, remains one of the important yet incomplete tech files of the EU, highlighting its significance as it risks being abandoned …

EU Commission investigates Meta, Noyb files complaint against OpenAI

Welcome to Euractivโ€™s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.

Over 550 EU Parliament staffers have faced harassment at work, new survey finds

Some 42 percent of those surveyed also said they had witnessed harassment in the workplace.

EU Ombudsman slams Frontexโ€™s dependence on EU countries for sea operations

.The EU border agency Frontex is unable to “fulfill its fundamental rights obligation” due to its reliance on EU member states when a migrant boat is in distress, EU Ombudsman Emily Oโ€™Reilly highlighted in a report following an investigation into Front…

Martin Selmayr gets his chance to return to Brussels

EU commissioners have decided they want the ‘monster of the Berlaymont’ back in a newly created job.

Commission insists tobacco meetings โ€˜transparentโ€™, despite maladministration charges

The European Ombudsmanโ€™s inquiry has found maladministration regarding the European Commissionโ€™s meetings with tobacco lobbyists, but the EU executive insists there are sound transparency measures in place.

EU Ombudsman launches probe into Europol officialsโ€™ alleged conflict of interest

The EU Ombudsman launched an investigation into the transfer of two former Europol officials to child protection organisation Thorn on Wednesday (4 January).

EU Ombudsman launches inquiry into Commissionโ€™s defence fund selection process

The EU ombudsman asked the European Commission on Tuesday (14 November) to give guarantees of independence for the experts evaluating the industryโ€™s proposals for the European Defence Fund, in another blow to the EU’s transparency in defence industry p…

EU Commissionโ€™s nameless experts behind its child sexual abuse law

The EU Ombudsman has found a case of maladministration in the European Commission’s refusal to provide the list of experts, which it first denied existing, with whom they worked together in drafting the regulation to detect and remove online child sexu…