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Transparency and access-to-documents cases across the EU and its member states.
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20 January 2012EU Governments Fight to Keep Their Positions from Citizens
Several EU member states asked the Court in Luxembourg to help them keep their negotiating positions hidden from citizens, even after those…
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20 January 2012New Victory for the Ombudsman and for Reporters on Medicine Transparency
Reports of possible lethal side effects of a medicine for bacterial infections were released by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). It marked…
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20 January 2012EU Binds Member States to New Security Rules as Parliament Adopts the Same Restrictions
The 27 EU ambassadors in Brussels agreed to make internal security rules for information binding law in the member countries, and the…
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20 January 2012EU: Sharpened Conflicts on New Access Rules
The European Parliament sharpened its resistance to new access rules proposed by the Commission for the EU. At the same time the…
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23 November 2011Global Test Finds Weak Compliance With Freedom-of-Information Laws
One hundred and five countries were asked. Only 14 of them came up with useful answers in time. A global test of…
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26 August 2011Dutch journalist investigated for exposing transport payment flaws
A Dutch journalist, Brenno de Winter, showed on television how easy it was to cheat a new electronic payment system for public…
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9 August 2011Sweden Releases Secret EU Report on Pension Reform and Euro-Rules
As EU leaders discussed pension reforms, citizens were not meant to see the arguments behind the debate. A report that the Council…
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9 August 2011EU Governments Resist Revealing Their Positions
EU member states did not take yes for an answer. A fresh pro-transparency court ruling was repeatedly challenged by the Council of…
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8 July 2011European Parliament Holds Back ACTA Documents
The European Parliament called for transparency on new global trade rules, but declined to grant access to documents on a controversial agreement…