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Hautala vs Council on Partial Access to Documents: Council’s secrecy enthusiasm totally out of proportion
Heidi Hautala MEP, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European parliament, appeared in a European Court of Justice hearing on access to documents on Tuesday, March 13. Council had appealed against a ruling by Read More
Council Decisions: 1) gives EU member states a “veto” over access to documents 2) new Solana classification code will “contaminate” access
On Monday (19 March) the General Affairs Council of the Council of the European Union adopted (as "A" points, without debate) two more major changes to the 1993 Decision of access to EU documents - Read More
Statewatch to get award for its work on EU openness
Statewatch has been awarded the prestigious "EIA Chadwyck-Healey Award for Achievement in European Information 2000". Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, will be accepting the Award on behalf of the organisation at the annual general meeting of Read More
European Parliament report condemns “informal” negotiations with the Council – validity of the “trilogues” on access to EU documents thrown into question
A report issued by the three Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament on the "co-decision" process has condemned "informal" negotiations over which there is little or no formal accountability to the parliament. Their report throws into Read More
“Trialogue” discussions on new code of access to EU documents collapse with no agreement – 1st May deadline will not be met
The "Trialogue" discussions between the Council of the European Union, the European Commission and the European Parliament on the new code of access to EU documents have collapsed with no agreement being reached: Trialogue After Read More
News in Brief Archive January-February 2001
February 2001 Criminal Justice and Police Bill: CJP Bill Liberty briefing on the Criminal Justice and Police Bill, 2nd Reading Briefing - Jan 2001, House of Commons: Liberty Both of the following documents concern "standards" Read More
Chair of European Parliament’s Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights expresses concern over the Council’s draft common position on access to EU documents
Graham Watsom MEP, the Chair of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights in the European Parliament, has written to the Council of the European Union (representing the 15 EU governments) expressing strong concern that Read More
French Presidency bequeathes Sweden a “poisoned chalice”
At the meeting of COREPER (the body comprising the permanent representatives of the 15 EU governments in Brussels) on 18 December the French Presidency of the EU presented its final draft of the Council's draft Read More
Spain and Italy pioneer a “common area of security and justice” (1)
Spain and Italy have taken the lead in EU plans to create a "European area of justice" stemming from the Tampere Summit in October 1999, after signing agreements regarding extradition procedures and judicial cooperation (Statewatch Read More
EU institutions to meet to try and agree “compromise” on the new code of access to documents
The EU institutions - the Council (the 15 EU governments), the European Commission and the European Parliament - are to holds a series of "trilogue" meetings to try and resolve the substantial differences between their Read More