Some members of the Parliament argue that the institution is routinely ignored or overlooked by the EU’s executive arm. Others have gone as far as to say that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “hates” the Parliament, noting the tense relationship between the institutions due to an imbalance of power that favors the executive.
Metsola said during the meeting that she would gather examples to submit to the Commission, the two officials confirmed; one reported that a majority of group leaders agreed to raise the questions. Both were granted anonymity to speak freely about a confidential meeting.
Metsola’s spokesperson declined to comment on specifics from the meeting.
“What I can say more generally is that the quality of replies to written questions and the timeliness of the replies have been longstanding issues,” the spokesperson said.
In recent months, the Commission has encouraged the internal use of AI to boost productivity. Officials, including heads of unit and directors general, use a large language model tool known as GPT@EC — a walled-off version of ChatGPT — for a range of tasks including internal briefings, according to an EU official who was granted anonymity to speak freely about such use cases.
AI “is currently being tested, for instance, for the correct attribution of questions among Commission services or the identification of precedent replies that could be relevant to a specific case,” a spokesperson for the Commission said when asked about its use in written questions from the Parliament.
