Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Committee on Public Petitions
Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion
Ms Emily O'Reilly:
Exactly. Austria was not one of those. Austria took what one could describe as a frugal approach and now they want more and the other member states are saying, "No, you didn't ask for them in the first place." Then they are saying they will block this, that or the other. It is borne out of panic, fear and who the heck knows. I do not envy any politician having to make choices based on, as I said before, a playbook that was not written and is not there.
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