"defensor del pueblo" in English

Recommendation to the European Commission in Complaint 185/2005/ELB (short presentation)

Thank you, Mr Monti, and my thanks also to the mediator, Mrs Banotti.

We would like to raise the issue of how OLAF has handled this case.

Recommendation to the European Commission in Complaint 185/2005/ELB (

Thank you, Mr Monti, and my thanks also to the mediator, Mrs Banotti.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation of Mr Söderman's work.

I note that 2,500 complaints were received by your Office in 2003.

We expect supporters of the constitution to show the same respect for democracy.

He is proving to be a true champion of citizens rights to fair and open treatment by the Institutions.

It is a direct route whereby ordinary citizens can alter incorrect decisions.

However, Mr Söderman, we have no doubt that you are fully aware of that responsibility.

He has recommended that the Commission and EUROSTAT should look again at this particular problem.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Söderman, I am a Northerner so I usually say what I mean.

This is a new institution, which was created only in 1995.

Perhaps I might mention a few of the many successful initiatives taken.

I myself have been in contact with him and have met many other people who have approached his office.

I am pleased to see that the rapporteur and the Committee on Petitions agree with his position.

We hope that you will pursue actively, as you did during your previous mandate, your activities under Article 195 of the EC Treaty.

The European Ombudman's activities (2008) (

We shall distrust this Commission, and we shall make it our duty to monitor matters and be vigilant.