Posted on 05/29/2013 11:48:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Retiring EU ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros says he has witnessed the slow erosion of a dominating culture of secrecy among the EU civil services. “[But] this in no way suggests that I am content and satisfied,” the 70-year old Greek national told reporters in Brussels on Monday (27 May).
The EU Ombudsman, staffed with 66 people, is tasked to seek a fair outcome in complaints against EU institutions, to encourage transparency and to promote an administrative culture of service. …
He said 40-plus years of a culture that had no concept of transparency could not be so easily swept away, even 12 years after the transparency regulation. …
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