Editing European Ombudsman (section)

==Cases==
It is a right of an [[Citizenship of the European Union|EU citizen]], according to the [[Treaties of the European Union|EU treaties]], to take a case to the Ombudsman.<ref name=treaty>
{{cite wikisource 
|title=Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
|wslink=Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
|chapter=Part Two: Non-Discrimination and Citizenship of the Union
|at=Article 20
|anchor=Article 20
|year=2007
}}</ref> 

The ombudsman received 2,392 complaints in the year 2023 and opened 393 investigations into alleged maladministration. The largest number of complaints in 2023 came from Spain (402), followed by Germany with 241.

According to the Ombudsman's own reports, 63% of complaints in 2023 were related to the [[European Commission]]. 12% related to the [[European Personnel Selection Office]] (EPSO) and 4% to the [[European Parliament]]. The [[Council of the European Union]] accounted for 2%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Ombudsman |url=https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/doc/annual-report/en/183636 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.ombudsman.europa.eu}}</ref>