The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, said, on Tuesday 25 April, that the European Commission needs to rethink its policy on access to documents in order to remedy “systemic delays”(see EUROPE B13151A25).
“This is more of a cultural problem” than a need to increase the human resources available, since the delays observed are generally “on major public issues” such as the environment and climate, she said when presenting her 2022 Annual Report to the press.
The European...