{"id":31842,"date":"2019-12-30T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=31842"},"modified":"2019-12-19T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:33:56","slug":"parliament-re-elects-emily-oreilly-as-european-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/parliament-re-elects-emily-oreilly-as-european-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament re-elects Emily O\u2019Reilly as European Ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emily O\u2019Reilly has been re-elected as European Ombudsman, allowing her to continue investigating complaints against EU bodies for the next five years.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She was re-elected by MEPs in a secret ballot in Strasburg on 18 December 2019. She received 320 votes out of 600.<\/p>\n

O’Reilly has served as European Ombudsman since\u00a01 October 2013<\/a>. Previously, she had been Ireland’s first female ombudsman and information commissioner, commissioner for environmental information from 2007 and also worked as a journalist and broadcaster.<\/p>\n

The vote followed a public hearing on 3 December, where\u00a0MEPs questioned the five candidates<\/a>\u00a0on what they intended to bring to the post of EU Ombudsman by way of impartiality, visibility and transparency, if elected.<\/p>\n

About the European Ombudsman<\/h3>\n

At the start of each new parliamentary term, MEPs elect an ombudsman for a five-year term.<\/p>\n

The European Ombudsman investigates complaints from citizens, EU residents and EU-based\u00a0organisations<\/a>\u00a0about poor administration by EU institutions or other EU bodies, such as unfair conduct, discrimination, unnecessary delays or incorrect procedures.<\/p>\n

The ombudsman\u2019s office can also launch investigations on its own initiative. It reports back to the European Parliament each year.<\/p>\n

More information<\/h3>\n

Press release<\/a><\/p>\n

Infography<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emily O\u2019Reilly has been re-elected as European Ombudsman, allowing her to continue investigating complaints against EU bodies for the next five years. She was re-elected by MEPs in a secret ballot in Strasburg on 18 December 2019. She received 320 votes out of 600. O’Reilly has served as European Ombudsman since\u00a01 October 2013. Previously, she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[346],"tags":[524,412],"class_list":["post-31842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu-news","tag-european-institutions","tag-law","entry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t