On Tuesday 28 March, European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, called on the European Commission to urgently address systemic delays in processing access to document requests. Ms O’Reilly believes that fundamental reform is needed to meet the deadlines set out in the EU Transparency Regulation.
The Ombudsman’s investigation revealed that when people ask the Commission to review its initial decision on access (because it has refused or granted partial access to the documents requested),...