Brussels, 14/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 14 March the European ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, informed the European Parliament that he intends to retire on 1 October 2013 after more than ten years of service. He asked the Parliament to initiate the procedure for electing his successor.
“The time has come for me to look beyond my public life at the European Union level and to seek to resume my erstwhile role as a scholar and student of - rather than actor in - public life,...