On 10 November, the European Ombudsman opened an enquiry into the way in which the European Commission ensures that the external experts who help it evaluate European Defence Fund (EDF) project proposals have no conflicts of interest, according to a press release published on Tuesday 14 November.
Contrary to the general practice of evaluating proposals for EU funding, the Commission is not required to make public the names of the experts it consults for these EDF-backed projects. The...