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European Parliament to vote on amendments to report on access to EU documents
On Thursday 16 November the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) meeting in Strasbourg will be voting on a report by Michael Cashman (PSE) and Hanji Maij-Weggen (PPE) which will form the parliament's first Read More
Green/EFA success in defending citizens’ rights on access to documents Parliament Followed Green/EFA initiative to take Council and Solana to Court
The Greens/EFA Group welcomes today's decision by the European Parliament to take Council to European Court of Justice for limiting the rights of EU citizens on access to documents. The decision was taken by a Read More
European Parliament to decide whether to take the Council to court
The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) will decide at its meeting on 13 September whether to recommend that the parliament takes legal action against the Council of the European Union over its Read More
European Parliament report on access to EU documents in need of radical amendment
The European Parliament (EP) is due to adopted a report on the public's right of access to EU documents at its plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday morning (16 November). Before the parliament will be Read More
Council offer deal to European Parliament to head off court action
The French Presidency of the EU attempted to head off the decision by the European Parliament to take the Council of the European Union to the European Court of Justice over the "Solana Decision" (see Read More
Solana plans for the security state agreed, an end to EU openness?
- Mr Jacob Soderman, the European Ombudsman, said in an interview that there was no need to change the code of access to protect military secrets, that the new code should not put "non-military" issues Read More
Sweden: How an inquiry into the security services was undermined (1)
In December 1997 the Swedish government gave the Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSFR) the task of carrying out an in- depth research project on the Swedish military security and Read More
Statewatch analytical observatory: Comparison of the positions of the Commission, Council and the European Parliament on the new code of access and with the existing 1993 Decision (prior to the “Solana Decision” in July 2000)
This analytical observatory compares the position taken by the Council and the European Parliament on the Commission's proposal. The Council's draft common position of 18 August (SN 2970/3/00) is included, this will be updated with Read More
Amendment to the 1993 Decision on public access to Council documents and to the decision, in December 1999 to include references to classified documents on the public register
This amendments to the 1993 Decision on public access to Council documents was agreed at the meeting of COREPER on 26 July and adopted by "written procedure" on 14 August 2000. It not only changes Read More
European Parliament report on the right of access to EU documents – “has ignored civil society” (1)
The full text of the report adopted by the European Parliament (EP) on the new code of access to documents (16.11.00) is provided below. The adoption of the legislative resolution by the parliament has been Read More