On Thursday 17 May, the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, carried out the annual stock-take of her bureau and explained her decision to send the European Parliament a special report on the opacity of the work of the Council.
After a year’s investigation, O’Reilly notified the Council of her recommendations on 9 February 2018, stressing that its functioning was not at the level of expectations in terms of transparency and legislating (see EUROPE 11960). The Council, which had until...