European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly is today progressing three separate inquiries into the lack of transparency of decision-making of national governments at EU level.

These inquires follow her 2017 inquiry into the Council legislative process aimed at increasing the accountability of national governments when discussing and agreeing EU laws.

INQUIRY 1) New inquiry into how the EU handles Eurogroup documents and makes them public or not, examining the three technical committees comprised of national civil servants that prepare the Eurogroup ministerial meetings. Documents showing when these committees (Economic and Financial Committee, Eurogroup Working Group, and Economic Policy Committee) meet and what they discuss are not public, making it extremely difficult for citizens to monitor Eurozone governance.

“The financial crisis showed the impact of Eurogroup decisions on the lives of millions. This wi