Teresa Anjinho, the European Ombudsman, acknowledged the challenges of ensuring transparent access to EU institutions' documents while defending the good faith of the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. Anjinho's comments came as her office investigates how the Commission handled a journalist's request for messages exchanged between von der Leyen and Emmanuel Macron via Signal, which were deleted due to an automatic deletion feature. Anjinho emphasized the importance of document retention for transparency and accountability, highlighting ongoing criticisms of the Commission's handling of access requests. Teljes cikk (Euronews.com)