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The European Ombudsman and the European Parliament have been pushing for some time now for the drafting of a European code of administrative procedure. The project is under way and the European Parliament has adopted a Resolution with recommendations...
In a press conference in Brussels today the European Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, presented his Annual Report 2010. The full Report (79 pages) and an 8-page Overview are available here . The European Ombudsman explained that the key points of his...
The Court of Justice of the European Union issued today a press release (available here ) with statistics regarding judicial activity in 2010. According to this press release, in the entire history of the institution, there have never been so many cases...
According to a press release that came out today, the European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has invited citizens, interest groups, and other organizations to submit comments on a draft statement of principles that should guide the conduct of...
The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, gave a talk on the role of Ombudsmen in promoting and protecting human rights. This was part of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Symposium on "Strengthening the fundamental rights...
There is an article on the European Parliament (EP) website today (available here ) examining the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on comitology. Until now the European Commission's implementation of much EU legislation was overseen by committees of Member...
On March 9, 2010, the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) handed down a very interesting judgment regarding the required degree of independence of the authorities responsible for monitoring compliance with Directive 95/46/EC "on the protection...
The Court of Justice of the European Union issued today a press release with statistics concerning judicial activity in 2009. The press release is available here . The ECJ completed 543 cases in 2009, one of the highest numbers in the Court's history...
Here is a link to a brief interview with Michael Cashman, the British MEP who has been entrusted by the European Parliament with the job of looking at openness and transparency, including access to documents, in the European Union (he describes himself...
According to its website , the Commission recognizes that lobbying is a legitimate, even essential part of democratic decision making, whether it is carried out by public affairs consultancies, private companies, NGOs, law firms, think tanks or trade...
Washington Post has an article today on President Obama scolding business groups that have fought his plan to create a new federal agency (Consumer Financial Protection Agency) to oversee mortgages, credit cards and other consumer financial products,...
On October 6, 2009, the Council of the European Union publicized its draft conclusions on Better Regulation for the 3-4 December 2009 Competitiveness Council. The text of these conclusions is available here . In its draft conclusions, the Council acknowledges...
On September 14, 2009, the European Ombudsman appeared before the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament to present the Annual Report for the year 2008. The presentation is available here . According to the presentation, the Ombudsman closed...
On September 14, 2009, the European Commission issued a Report to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the application and effectiveness of the directive on strategic environmental...