Press release - Petitions Committee to host candidates for the next EU Ombudsman
WHEN: 3 December 2024, from 8.30 to 12.30 and from 14.30 to 18.25
WHERE: ANTALL building, room 4Q1, in Brussels
Follow live via EP Multimedia Centre.
Programme and structure of the hearings
Each of the six candidates (list below), will have approximately a one-hour hearing.
08:35 - 09:50 Ms Teresa ANJINHO
09:55 - 11:10 Mr Emilio DE CAPITANI
11:15 - 12:30 Mr Marino FARDELLI
14:30 - 15:45 Ms Julia LAFFRANQUE
15:50 - 17:05 Ms Claudia MAHLER
17:10 - 18:25 Mr Reinier VAN ZUTPHEN
Political group coordinators will ask a first round of questions (one minute per question, three minutes for answers). Subsequent questions will be posed by other MEPs. Each discussion will conclude with a short statement by the candidate.
Next steps
Parliament is expected to elect the new European Ombudsman by secret ballot during the December plenary session in Strasbourg.
Background
The Ombudsman is elected by the Parliament at the start of each parliamentary term. The outgoing European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, was re-elected for a second term in December 2019.
President Roberta Metsola announced the names of the six admissible candidates during the October plenary session in Strasbourg. The Petitions Committee is responsible for organising public hearings with the candidates.The European Ombudsman conducts inquiries into cases of maladministration by EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, acting on his or her own initiative or on the basis of complaints from EU citizens.
Contacts:
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Alessio INCORVAIA
Press Officer
