In a press release published on September 2, the ETUC informed that it had lodged an official complaint to the European Ombudsman on “the treatment of the EP’s report calling for legal action on the restructuring and anticipation of change.” The EU Ombudsman, a monitoring body that serves as a mediator between citizens and European authorities, analyzes cases of poor administration, i.e. cases where a European institution violates administrative procedures. (Ref. 130516)
The MEPs have used their new powers of initiative included in the Lisbon Treaty to ask the European Commission to adopt a legal tool on the anticipation of change and restructurings (see article No. 130039). The report had massive support from a majority in the EP (503 for, 107 against and 72 abstentions), the ETUC reminds. Under the Treaty, the Commission has three months to present the legal instrument to the European Parliament and Council of Ministers. Yet, “The three month period passed
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