If one side or the other filibustered, the hearing of witnesses could become very protracted.

First, about the hearing of witnesses.

But she could not rise to the height of sharing him with other women, and saying whatever she said to him in the hearing of witnesses.

The committee's sittings, which included hearings of witnesses, were televised live and became some of the most publicized and discussed events in Poland at their time.

First, the hearing of witnesses; secondly, access to files; thirdly, OLAF, and fourth, cooperation in the field of human rights.

It concludes that it should order further investigations and conduct further hearings of witnesses already heard in 1986 and 1989, but by comparing the statements of Francis Heaulme.

The Commission agrees with Parliament's amendment on the hearing of witnesses, and the purpose of this provision was to recall that officials give testimony not on a personal basis, but in their official capacity.

During this legislature, I very much hope to have the opportunity to revisit the issue of the Statute, notably on the questions raised by the rapporteur regarding the Ombudsman's access to documents and the hearing of witnesses.

Its provisions concerning the inspection of documents and the hearing of witnesses need to be updated in the light of the greater emphasis on administrative openness and the need to gain the confidence of the public and promote a modern administrative culture at Community level.

In the morning I took him aside when he was off duty; and when we were out of sight and hearing of witnesses, I said, impressively- 'A part of your fortune is so grave, that I thought it would be better for you if I did not tell it in public.

Furthermore, following a request from the European Ombudsman to amend the provisions of the Ombudsman’s Statute concerning his right of access to documents and the hearing of witnesses, Parliament recommended amending those provisions, but they have yet to be amended due to reservations on the part of the Commission and the Council.