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The ombudsman's statute is to be discussed next week (Photo: The European Ombudsman homepage)

Lack of EU transparency citizens' main concern, says ombudsman

Lack of transparency, including refusal of information, continues to top the list of EU institutions' sins against citizens, the European ombudsman said on Tuesday (15 April).

According to a fresh report, ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros received 3,211 new complaints in 2007 - compared to 3,830 in 2006 - with German citizens (16 percent), Spain (11 percent), France (eight percent) and Poland (seven percent) registering the most complaints.

The overwhelming majority of cases - ...

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The ombudsman's statute is to be discussed next week (Photo: The European Ombudsman homepage)

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