8. Election of the European Ombudsman – application received

The President announced that he had received an application from Emily O'Reilly for the post of European Ombudsman, before the closing date of 30 September 2014 (minutes of 15.9.2014, item 7), and said he would forward the application file to the Committee on Petitions when it was available in all the official languages.

The President also announced that the Committee on Petitions would hold a hearing for the applicant on 2 December 2014, which would be open to all Members.