SUMMARIES OF SELECTED STATEMENTS was the municipality’s responsibility to ensure that the process was characterised by full respect – and recognition – of the freedom of expression which the nurse had as a public employee. The municipality acknowledged in its statement to the Ombudsman on the matter that the form of the meeting, its participants and the short notice could have contributed to the nurse’s feeling under pressure, and it expressed its regret about the course of events. The Ombudsman concurred and noted the regret expressed by the municipality. The Ombudsman pointed out that also some of the other aspects of the content of the meeting – combined with the circumstances about which the municipality had expressed its regret – were liable to leave the nurse with the impression that the management’s intention might be to keep her from expressing her views on the issue in the public debate in future. U. OTHER AUTHORITIES ETC. WITHIN THE OMBUDSMAN’S JURISDICTION No statements on cases concluded in 2017 have been published. 117