Presidency criticised :”Even worse than the Commission” -
The Danish EU-presidency has failed to unite member states on new access rules for the EU-institutions.
Supervisor alarmed by threats to access rights
Proposed new EU-rules on data protection threaten public access to documents and the freedom of expression.
”Diluted wine and poison” – widened conflict on access rules
Member states meeting in a working group held on to a restrictive approach to transparency on EU-documents at their latest gathering.
Secretive talks on access rules
The Danish EU-presidency has taken unusual steps to promote adoption of new access rules: Member countries have been summoned to conflict talks, before there is an open conflict.
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