12/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros initiated on Tuesday 12 January a public consultation exercise on the problem of the Commission's late payments. According to the Ombudsman, the Commission has made headway on this over the past few years. Nonetheless, further improvements could be made. Thus, before continuing his inquiry into the matter, the Ombudsman would like to have the opinion of all parties concerned on
what the Commission could or should do to...