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Join our team in Strasbourg and put your coding skills into practice while helping to develop our website and internal web-based applications. Your work will also contribute to the Office’s goal of maintaining a strong, transparent, and accountable EU administration.

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Interested? Deadline to apply is 5 November 2026, 13:00 CET.

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#eutraineeship #WebDevelopment #eucareers #EuropeanOmbudsman by @euombudsman

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Is EU law fit for purpose?

While speaking to academics last week at the Annual Conference of the Luxembourg Centre for European Law (LCEL), Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho explained that while the principles underpinning EU law remain largely fit for purpose, their effectiveness depends on how they are applied in practice.

Her remarks focused on the importance of transparent, accountable, and fair administration, especially as the EU responds to urgency, complexity, and rapid technological change. She underlined that EU law must respect people’s rights, support good administration, and remain grounded in the interests of citizens.

Finally, she highlighted the need for clearer procedures, stronger record-keeping, and a public service culture that treats legality, transparency, and participation not as obstacles, but as essential safeguards of public trust. For EU citizens, this means an administration that is understandable, predictable, and open to scrutiny.

Keynote speech 👉 link in bio! by @euombudsman

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This new edition of the Debrief with Ombudswoman Anjinho brings you 3️⃣ recent developments from the Office:
🔍 Inquiry opening into how the @europeancommission trade department interacts with tobacco lobbyists
🖥️ Event with EU staff on access to documents
⚖️ Debate in the @europeanparliament Legal Affairs Committee on better law making by @euombudsman

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This week in Berlin, EU Ombudswoman Anjinho spoke at the Investigate Europe event on transparency and democracy, stressing that the EU’s shift from analogue to digital administration must be guided by democratic principles and calling for reform of the law on access to EU documents.

This week in Berlin, EU Ombudswoman Anjinho spoke at the Investigate Europe event on transparency and democracy, stressing that the EU’s shift from analogue to digital administration must be guided by democratic principles and calling for reform of the law on access to EU documents.

Spoke to members of the European Movement Germany to discuss the vital role of civil society in democracy, the need for fair and accountable decision-making, and how her Office helps bridge the gap between citizens and EU institutions.

Spoke to members of the European Movement Germany to discuss the vital role of civil society in democracy, the need for fair and accountable decision-making, and how her Office helps bridge the gap between citizens and EU institutions.

Spoke to members of the European Movement Germany to discuss the vital role of civil society in democracy, the need for fair and accountable decision-making, and how her Office helps bridge the gap between citizens and EU institutions.

Discussed her Office’s work on transparency and accountable decision making to Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs in the German Bundestag. by @euombudsman

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9 days ago

In the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, Ombudswoman Anjinho presented her findings related to urgent decision-making and better regulation.

While recognising the growing pressure on the European Union to move quickly in response to geopolitical and economic challenges, she underlined the importance of ensuring decision making remains transparent, inclusive, and evidence-based.

Participatory democracy is essential for public trust and keeping EU law-making accountable.

Full opening remarks - link in bio! by @euombudsman

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16 days ago

🎊✨Happy international day for universal access to information!⁣

Transparency helps to keep decision-makers accountable. As a European citizen or resident, you have the right to access documents held by EU institutions, bodies, and agencies.

Swipe to learn more about the European Ombudsman’s role in upholding this right.
#AccessToDocuments by @euombudsman

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18 days ago

🇪🇺🎉Happy European Day of Languages!

Today we celebrate Europe’s rich linguistic and cultural diversity. Multiculturalism is a core value of the European Union, bringing people and cultures together.

The European Ombudsman supports multilingualism by working to reinforce the right of citizens to communicate and receive assistance from the EU institutions in their own language. Recommendations on the use of languages by the EU institutions are set out in the European Ombudsman’s practical guide. Link in bio.

Let’s celebrate the languages that connect us!
#EDLanguages26 #EDLanguages by @euombudsman

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20 days ago

Can a transparency framework built 25 years ago still deliver accountability in our new digital and AI-centered age?

The way the EU administration works has changed with digital and AI-assisted tools having transformed how decisions are made.

Today, decisions can be shaped through emails, text messages, data flows, and increasingly, AI-assisted tools.

At a seminar on transparency, Ombudswoman Anjinho explored what this digital era of governance means for the public’s right access to EU documents and concludes that the current transparency framework needs to be adapted to today’s technology and how decisions are actually taken. New rules should enshrine good governance and proactive transparency and have citizens’ right to information at their very centre.

Read the Ombudswoman’s full speech to the 3rd Interinstitutional Seminar on Transparency organised by the @eucouncil: link in bio! by @euombudsman

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23 days ago

EU institutions have a set of ethics rules to protect their integrity and ensure transparency.⁣ ⁣ Our work is to monitor their implementation and to promote high ethics standards in the EU administration.⁣ ⁣ ↔️ Swipe to see our work on ethics issues⁣ .

🔗 Find out more in our explainer - link in bio! by @euombudsman

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a month ago

🎉 Happy birthday to the European Network of Ombudsmen!

Today marks 30 years since the Network was created. It brings together over 100 offices of ombudsmen and similar bodies from 36 European countries as well as the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions, and the European Ombudsman is its coordinator. It facilitates cooperation between ombudsmen to share best practice and better protect people’s rights across Europe.

Want to find out more? Check out our link in bio! by @euombudsman

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This week, at the European Summer Course in Pamplona, Ombudswoman Anjinho explained our Office’s role and spoke about the importance of people being able to shape EU decisions as a way of further increasing a sense of European identity. by @euombudsman

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If populations are expected to accept the actions of their public institutions, citizens must have a right to see, understand, and evaluate exactly what those institutions are doing.

Early this year, Ombudswoman Anjinho addressed the New Economy Forum’s ‘Forum Europa: Ideas to Strengthen the Union', emphasising transparency as a fundamental right.

Full speech - link in bio! by @euombudsman

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