Teresa Anjinho is a candidate for European Ombudsman

The former Secretary of State for Justice and former Deputy Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho is a candidate for European Ombudsman and will be heard on December 3, announced today the President of the European Parliament (EP), Roberta Metsola.
Together with Teresa Anjinho, the Austrian Claudia Mahler, Estonian Julia Laffranque, Dutch Reinier van Zutphen, and Italians Emílio de Capitani and Marino Fardelli have applied for the position, whose hearings by the EP take place on the same date.
The former CDS-PP deputy is currently a member of the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
Candidates must have the support of a minimum of 39 Members of the European Parliament from at least two Member States, and candidates present their priorities at a hearing organized by the Petitions Committee, on December 3.
The election takes place by secret ballot, at the December plenary session.
The European Ombudsman was established by the Maastricht Treaty (1992), with Finn Jacob Söderman inaugurating the position in 1995, succeeded in 2003 by Greek Nikiforos Diamandouros.
The current European Ombudsman, Irish Emily O’Reilly, took office on October 1, 2013, and her mandate has been renewed twice, following the European elections of 2014 and 2019.
The European Ombudsman is an independent entity that investigates complaints about maladministration in the operations of the institutions and bodies of the European Union.
Essentially, it investigates complaints concerning cases of disregard for citizens’ fundamental rights, legal norms, or principles of good administration (namely, cases of discrimination, abuse of power, lack of response, refusal of information, and unjustified delays).