The European Ombudsman has opened an inquiry into the European Commission's refusal to release messages from a private group chat involving Ursula von der Leyen, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders. The investigation will assess whether the commission complied with EU transparency rules in handling the request for access to the communications.

Ein geheimer Gruppenchat mit Selenskyj und Europas Spitzenpolitikern wird für Ursula von der Leyen zum nächsten Transparenzproblem.

European Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho is examining whether the EC violated transparency rules by refusing to grant the Dutch organization Follow the Money access to the correspondence