Open Government in the EUIn 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.
Last Monday, 13 September 2017, EU Commission President Juncker held his annual state of the Union speech in which he laid out his vision and priorities for the EU in the coming period. Calls for and responses to greater transparency are a recurrent theme in discussions on how to improve the EU.
A new court case further strengthen’s the EU institutions’ hands in granting access to a member state’s documents against its will.
Recent days have seen a wave of criticism against the new Commission’s transparency initiative.
