Nieuws - EU: Court rules citizens have a right to know

BRUSSELS - The public has a right to know the arguments when the EU makes the laws and who is behind them, says the General Court of the EU in a pro-transparent ruling.

Access Info Europe a network and information centre based in Madrid has won a victory against the Council of the EU; the legislative body representing the EU member states. According to a ruling of 22 March the Council had no right to hold back documents showing the position of the member states in ongoing deliberations; or if it had, it failed to prove its case. Read more...