Since after the summer of 2014, the Open Government in the EU blog is keeping a regularly updated overview of news reports related to transparency and access to documents in the context of the EU. News reports are collected through quick scans on Google news and the most relevant websites.
While this news scan is in no way exhaustive or fully systematic, it does provide a nice overview of the direction that the transparency debate is taking over a period of months. The aim is therefore to present to our readers, next to the news roll on the right side of the blog, a three-monthly overview of all reports collected, beginning with the final months of 2014. Suggestions for additions or current news are warmly welcomed, via the twitter account @MZHillebrandt.
See also the news report digests for 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 (first quarter, second quarter and second half). –MH
22/12/14// The Register: EU breaks ‘legally binding’ lobbying register promise
19/12/14 // European Voice: EU leaders back greater transparency for corporate tax deals
17/12/14 // European Observer: EU takes on corporate secrecy
15/12/14 // IFEX: EU brings some transparency to dialogue with China
11/12/14 // EUObserver: EU commission bans public scrutiny on US data talks
09/12/14 // EUObserver: MEPs want new EP group on transparency and corruption
03/12/14 // EUObserver: Italy seen as corrupt as Greece, Romania and Bulgaria
02/12/14 // European Voice: Rush to register as Commission’s transparency regime begins
01/12/14 // Parliament Magazine: EU needs ‘transparency in every aspect’, says youngest MEP
25/11/2014 // Euractiv: Analysts support increased transparency to fight tax havens
25/11/14 // EUObserver: EU commission to publish more trade documents in bid for public support
20/11/14 // European Voice: Meetings with lobbyists to be disclosed
20/11/14 // Euractiv: Payment card ruling could open new era for EU transparency
19/11/14 // EUObserver: EU commission promises transparency on lobbyists and US trade talks
15/11/14 // European Voice: Commission sets tough disclosure rules
13/11/14 // Ask the EU: Interview with Vicky Cann (Corporate Europe Observatory)
06/11/14 // EUreporter: Ombudsman welcomes ECB decision to release ‘Irish ECB letter’
31/10/14 // AccessInfoEurope: Recommendations on TTIP Transparency Presented to EU Ombudsman
27/10/14 // Blogactiv: Access to Documents – Another Thrilling Episode
23/10/14 // European Voice: Greater transparency on clinical trials fails to satisfy critics
22/10/14 // AccessInfoEurope: Lack of Transparency Leads to EU Expert Group Budget Freeze
22/10/14 // EUObserver: MEPs withhold millions from EU commission over transparency
02/10/14 // TI EU blog: The state of transparency in the Council of the EU
15/09/14 // EUObserver: MEPs threaten budget suspension over transparency
13/09/14 // Euractiv: Malmström plays transparency card, but gets timid applause
31/07/14 // Euractiv: EU Ombudsman demands more TTIP transparency