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"Mr President, in 2003 the European Ombudsman dealt with 363 inquiries. Of the 2 436 complaints received, 250 of those inquiries were initiated in 2003 and 110 were inquiries which were not closed at the end of December 2002. I would like to make two observations about these figures. Firstly, on the face of it this seems a very small number of inquiries compared with the complaints received and begs the question, even if the EU citizen knows that the European Ombudsman exists, does he or she know what he know what he actually does?
It may upset the consensus here this morning, and I do not mean any offence by this, but could many of the new Members of this Parliament even name the Ombudsman? I doubt very much that they could. I would like to point out that 66.9% of those inquiries related to the European Commission – so much for the Commission as guardian of the Treaties. However, for fear that we will become complacent in this House, 10.7% of the inquiries referred to the European Parliament, the second highest number.
Secondly, while the 10% increase in complaints to the Ombudsman is not to be welcomed, we should recognise and interpret these figures within the context of the efforts that the office has made to increase its profile. However, could the 54% increase announced today by the Ombudsman be connected to the fact that a lot of Members of the European Parliament were in election mode and generating publicity? I note what has been said about EPSO and I would urge that greater efforts be made to remove the difficulties which exist there.
In conclusion I would like to reiterate the importance of the many roles of the Ombudsman and to wish him well in his duties."@en1
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