An official complaint claims that the 90 billion euro support loan to Ukraine was prepared without the prior assessment required by Article 34(1) of the EU Financial Regulation, without documentation of the decision to waive it. The General Secretariat replied that the code for good administrative behavior "does not constitute a basis" for examining the preparation of proposals. Replacing one legal framework with another. The answer evaluated the complaint against the code and declared it inadmissible according to this document - and rejected it on the basis of the substitution. The ombudsman found a similar mismanagement in November 2025 because of "urgent" anomalies. In both cases, the reclassification puts decisions beyond review. Read more by Manuel Joao Ramos More analysis.

An official complaint claims that the 90 billion euro support loan to Ukraine was prepared without the prior assessment required by Article 34(1) of the EU Financial Regulation, without documentation of the decision to waive it. The General Secretariat replied that the code for good administrative behavior "does not constitute a basis" for examining the preparation of proposals. Replacing one legal framework with another. The answer evaluated the complaint against the code and declared it inadmissible according to this document - and rejected it on the basis of the substitution. The ombudsman found a similar mismanagement in November 2025 because of "urgent" anomalies. In both cases, the reclassification puts decisions beyond review. Read more by Manuel Joao Ramos More analysis.