BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU’s Ombudswoman accused the European Commission on Thursday of rushing to propose measures on sustainability reporting, agriculture and migrant smuggling without following its own rules on transparent and evidence-based lawmaking.

The watchdog of EU institutions said the Commission had failed to justify the urgency of the measures, citing findings from an inquiry prompted by a complaint by climate and human rights campaigners.

“Taken together the shortcomings amounted to maladministration,” Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho said. “Certain principles of good lawmaking cannot be compromised even for the sake of urgency.”

The European Commission said it would look carefully into the recommendations, but maintained it produced solid evidence on problems and the response re

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