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EU industry commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska (c) hosted the first meeting of the 'Group of Personalities' on defence research in March 2015. The European Ombudsman now says that the European Commission should retroactively publish minutes (Photo: European Commission)

EU defence groups under fire for opacity

The European Commission has implied it will improve the transparency of defence research advisory groups - following criticism from the European Ombudsman - but has stopped short of giving exact details.

The ombudsman concluded two investigations this year relating to such groups.

The first was into the now-abolished Group of Personalities, a working group that provided the foundation for the European Defence Action Plan, which i...

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EU industry commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowska (c) hosted the first meeting of the 'Group of Personalities' on defence research in March 2015. The European Ombudsman now says that the European Commission should retroactively publish minutes (Photo: European Commission)

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