🆕 @EU_Commission has just launched a new #accesstodocuments portal.
We welcome the initiative and hope it will lead to public access requests being dealt with more quickly and efficiently.
🔗 http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-request/home
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1575847580629872640
RT @aidanosullivan: .@EUombudsman meetings in Washington DC this week. Many administrative oversight issues relevant also for Brussels 🇺🇲🇪🇺 Thank you @EPWashingtonDC for the support
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1575767527162056707
"Left alone, the tiny holes that appear in the fabric of the democratic and institutional cloth may eventually rip it apart. My work is to identify and attempt to mend those small holes, before the fabric rips." - 🇪🇺 Ombudsman O'Reilly at @Georgetown
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1575113350144753664
Today we mark #AccessToInfoDay.
Part of our role is protecting EU citizens’ right to #AccessToDocuments, which improves #transparency and enables people to hold public institutions to account.
More in our digital story 👉 http://ombudsman.europa.eu/webpub/2021/access-to-documents/en/?utm_source=some_EO&utm_medium=twitter_organic&utm_campaign=accesstoinfoday
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1575029020332331008
RT @aidanosullivan: .@EUombudsman meeting @EUAmbUS this evening in Washington DC...
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1574670591487000578
RT @masilba: . @EUombudsman visit to Washington DC begins today with meetings with @seosamhreamonn from @EPWashingtonDC and with @EUAmbUS
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1574670522826297344
Happy #EuropeanDayofLanguages! 🗨️
🎉 Today we celebrate linguistic diversity, a priority for the EU administration.
👀 Check out our guidelines to the EU institutions on the use of 🇪🇺 languages when communicating with the public 👉 http://ombudsman.europa.eu/publication/en/129519?utm_source=some_EO&utm_medium=tw_organic&utm_campaign=EDLangs22
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1574378963694239745
We welcome @EUCourtPress ruling that @EU_Commission should grant #AccesstoDocuments concerning Member State positions on guidance assessing pesticide risk to bees.🐝
Our inquiry, following a complaint by @AssoPollinis, drew the same conclusion: https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/recommendation/en/113624?utm_source=some_EO&utm_medium=tw_organic&utm_campaign=bees_case
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1571798969277087745
💬 European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly on why #transparency and accountability remain indispensable values in democratic societies.
#DemocracyDay #DemocracyDay2022
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1570388233078591490
RT @aidanosullivan: Read @EUombudsman in @euobs ahead of #SOTEU tomorrow https://euobserver.com/opinion/156035
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1569678664190640128
How has the 🇪🇺 Ombudsman contributed to defining how the right of public access to EU documents is applied?
Read here the newly published paper by our own @M_Spoerer and Richard More O’Ferrall: https://rdcu.be/cVsqQ
@ERATrier
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1569678235285491715
Yesterday, Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly discussed our work and the positive impact it has on the EU administration with members of @EP_Petitions.
Here's what she said about #transparency and accountability in the 🇪🇺 institutions 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1568230526573580289
📢 We have launched a public consultation on #transparency in 🇪🇺 environmental decision making.
Do citizens have access to up-to-date info in this important area? How can civil society be more involved? We want to hear from you!
⌛️ Replies by 15 Dec
🔗 https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/news-document/160310?utm_source=some_EO&utm_medium=tw_organic&utm_campaign=environment-public-consultation
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1567876482575261697
This morning in @EP_Petitions: 🇪🇺 Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly presents the annual report on our activities and impact.
🔴 Follow live, as from 9:00 am 👉 https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/peti-committee-meeting_20220908-0900-COMMITTEE-PETI
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1567761405281017856
🗨️ Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly's full speech 👉 http://ombudsman.europa.eu/en/speech/en/160312?utm_source=some_EO&utm_medium=tw_organic&utm_campaign=COVID-work-speech
RT @EUombudsman: Today, 🇪🇺 Ombudsman O'Reilly will address @europarl_en #COVID19 committee to present our work on the EU administration's response to the pandemic.
Speech starts at about 16:30 🔴 https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/special-committee-on-…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1567534946792755201
RT @EP_Petitions: Tomorrow in @EP_Petitions: @EUombudsman briefs MEPs on her annual report 2021.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1567508075862450177
Today, 🇪🇺 Ombudsman O'Reilly will address @europarl_en #COVID19 committee to present our work on the EU administration's response to the pandemic.
Speech starts at about 16:30 🔴 https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/special-committee-on-covid-19-pandemic_20220907-1500-COMMITTEE-COVI
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1567505059923070979
🗨️ Emily O'Reilly's full speech here 🔗 http://ombudsman.europa.eu/en/speech/en/160232?utm_source=some_EO&utm_medium=tw_organic&utm_campaign=humanrights-trade-speech
RT @EUombudsman: #Today in @EP_HumanRights: 🇪🇺 Ombudsman O'Reilly will suggest that @Trade_EU implement a mechanism to receive complaints about #humanrights in EU trade partner countries.
🗓️ 5 Sept 2022, at 16:30
▶️ https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1566803394517426179
#Today in @EP_HumanRights: 🇪🇺 Ombudsman O'Reilly will suggest that @Trade_EU implement a mechanism to receive complaints about #humanrights in EU trade partner countries.
🗓️ 5 Sept 2022, at 16:30
▶️ https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/subcommittee-on-human-rights_20220905-1500-COMMITTEE-DROI
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1566778345060278273
Ombudsman O’Reilly this week in @europarl_en:
- Mon: respect for #humanrights in context of @Trade_EU agreements - in @EP_HumanRights
- Wed: report on our work related to #COVID19 - in EP COVI
- Thu: presentation of annual report on our activities and impact - in @EP_Petitions
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUombudsman/status/1566736521285206017
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