30/10/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament's Committee on Petitions will hear, on 3 December, the five eligible candidates for the post of European Ombudsman who have received the support of at least 40 MEPs. This concerns: - the Irish Emily O'Reilly, who held this position in the previous legislature; - the Italian Giuseppe Fortunato, current Ombudsman of the Italian region of Campania; - the Estonian Julia Laffranque, judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg...