Open Government in the EUNews on judgments by the European Court of Justice related to open government in the EU.
General Court of the EU rules in favour of European law professor’s access to documents case against the Commission. Inter alia, the latter argued -unsuccessfully- that it could not provide timely and complete access due to temporary staff shortages.
In a recent court judgment (De Capitani v Council), the General Court of the EU finds that the Council erroneously relied on the access to documents regulation (Regulation 1049/2001) to refuse access to Council working party documents pertaining to an ongoing legislative decision-making procedure in order to protect the negotiation process, Dutch Foreign Ministry experts observe.
Transparency all but falls off the Presidency agenda of openness-loving Sweden.
On 28 September, the General Court delivered its judgment in the access to documents case of Professor Leino-Sandberg against the European Parliament. The final judgment of this multiple-year, multiple-judgment litigation saga is discussed by Anastasia Karatzia.
