The Ombudsman, a Greek academic, came up with tortured ruminations such as:
"[53] While it is arguable, on the basis of the wording of Article 3, that it is unclear whether there exists a legal obligation to make a record of an "Article 19 interview", it is also arguable that a teleological interpretation of Article 3 of Regulation 773/200 leads to the conclusion that it should be interpreted as requiring that a record, in some form, must be made of an Article 19 interview."
Any normal person would think it obvious that you make a note of an interview taken in the course of an official investigation. Only the EU could have such sloppily worded regulations that this could be open to debate.
That some guy, paid by the taxpayer, should have spent God knows how much time writing 36,000 words to come to the conclusion that the EU was guilty of maladministration in not making an official note of the interview, raises all one's fears about the workings of the EC.
When will the Europeans start organising their affairs on a basis of common sense?
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