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Jurisprudence Oversight Research

TrUE webinar on academic challenges to access decisions

Webinar “Challenging the European institutions on transparency: Analysing Leino-Sandberg v Parliament and two Ombudsman complaints” to take place on Thursday 18 February 2021.

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Implementation Legal reform Research

Transparency reforms “better served” by withholding access, access applicant is told

The Council’s ongoing transparency overhaul continues to attract public attention.

Fragment from the confirmatory application.
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Civil society Jurisprudence Legal reform

Council of EU undergoing full reorientation on transparency question

On Wednesday 18 July 2018, the committee  of ambassadors of the member states to the EU (Coreper) held an orientational debate about the need for reforms of the Council’s transparency policy, thus Agence Europe reports.

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Implementation Jurisprudence

Landmark access case requires Parliament to publish legislative negotiation documents fully and immediately

In the landmark De Capitani case delivered on Thursday 22 March, the EU’s General Court requires the European Parliament to publish legislative negotiation documents (known by EU insiders as the “trilogue four-column document”) not only fully, but also immediately.

Emilio de Capitani (photo credit: EUD Observatory/YouTube)