The Ombudsman's inquiry into this matter is based on a complaint by Mr Elmar Brok, MEP, and a representative of the youth group of the German CDU, in which they allege that the Council's Rules of Procedure are not in conformity with Article 1 (2) of the Treaty on European Union (as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997), according to which the Council and the other Community institutions and bodies must take decisions as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizens.
The Ombudsman's inquiry into this matter is based on a complaint by Mr Elmar Brok, MEP, and a representative of the youth group of the German CDU, in which they allege that the Council's Rules of Procedure are not in conformity with Article 1 (2) of the Treaty on European Union (as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997), according to which the Council and the other Community institutions and bodies must take decisions as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizens.