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European Union: Secretive talks on access rules

Nikolai Wammen
08/02/2012 -

The Danish EU-presidency has taken unusual steps to promote adoption of new access rules: Member countries have been summoned to conflict talks, before there is an open conflict.

 
 

European Union: ”Cannot be accepted”, says commissioner after EU-transparency vote

Maroš Šefčovič
15/12/2011 -

A clear, if not overwhelming, majority in the European Parliament has voted against proposed deteriorations of the present access law in the EU.

 
 

European Union: EU: Sharpened conflicts on new access rules (UPDATED)

Michael Cashman goes to plenary with amendments
01/12/2011 -

The European Parliament sharpens its resistance to new access rules in the EU, as proposed by the Commission.

 
 

European Union: More transparency for some, less for others

European Parliament, Brussels
14/10/2011 -

EU-parliamentarians ask for more transparency for themselves, but less so for ordinary citizens. This adds complexity to an already complicated issue.

 
 

European Union: EU: Governments battle for the right to block out citizens

The Councils headquarter in Bruxelles
28/09/2011 -

Member states of the EU ask the Court in Luxembourg for help to hide their positions from the citizens, even after the positions have been leaked and known.

 
 

 
 
 

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