EU Ombudsman Jacob Söderman has called on the European Parliament to review the rules governing the performance of his duties…

Date: 01/06/2000

...arguing that the current restrictions on his access to Union documents and hearings with EU officials should be lifted. Söderman says the rules prevent him from carrying out his duty to investigate cases of alleged maladministration properly, jeopardise public confidence in his work and are incompatible with the logic of a Union based on the rule of law.