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27 Jul 2017

Transparency of Commissioners’ travel expenses “disproportionate” says European Commission

2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00

Madrid, 27 July 2017 – Access Info has described as extremely regrettable that six months after 120 European citizens requested access to last year’s travel expenses of the 28 EU Commissioners, the Commission has taken a unilateral decision to disclose data just for January and February 2016, and that it will not contemplate any greater transparency. Furthermore, in response to our letter to Vice President Timmermans proposing that this data be published proactively, the Commission has concluded that it “does not see added value in publishing online the detailed travel expenses” as the cost of processing the data “would be

Transparency of Commissioners’ travel expenses “disproportionate” says European Commission2018-11-13T10:03:18+01:00
21 Jul 2017

EU’s top court confirms that all documents held by European Commission fall under access to documents rules

2018-11-13T10:03:19+01:00

Madrid, 21 July 2017 - Access Info Europe welcomed this week’s ruling from the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union, that the Commission cannot automatically refuse access to whole categories of documents in its possession. The Court confirmed that the EU institutions should always apply the EU’s access to documents rules to any documents they hold, regardless of the original authors. “Sometimes it’s important to confirm basic principles of this fundamental right, such as that if the Commission holds a document, it has to process a request, and there can never be automatic denials, no

EU’s top court confirms that all documents held by European Commission fall under access to documents rules2018-11-13T10:03:19+01:00
20 Jul 2017

Promoting Paris in Zagreb

2021-06-03T17:47:39+02:00

[Post first published on the Open Government Partnership Blog] Helen Darbishire, Executive Director   Zagreb, 20 July 2017 - “It’s really hard to have put a lot of effort into publishing a citizens’ budget and then to have only ten people click on it,” lamented one official in the Croatian Ministry of Finance. This is a classic challenge facing reformers inside government in many OGP countries, who need to be able to motivate their colleagues to organise data into open, accessible formats for public consumption. In spite of the controversy whirling outside about conflicts of interest in the relationship between

Promoting Paris in Zagreb2021-06-03T17:47:39+02:00
18 Jul 2017

Interview to Helen Darbishire: When a Minister does not resign after scandal, there may well be consequences in the next elections

2018-11-13T09:41:57+01:00

Nacional | 18/07/2017 Croatian / English translation - Nacional: Why did you come in Croatia this time? The first time you were in Zagreb was in 1993 during the difficult wartime. How much did Zagreb and Croatia change since then? Helen: I first came to Zagreb in December 2013 for a meeting of journalists, organized by the Council of Europe, to discuss the ethical challenges facing the media in the context of war. Read the English translation

Interview to Helen Darbishire: When a Minister does not resign after scandal, there may well be consequences in the next elections2018-11-13T09:41:57+01:00
17 Jul 2017

Els Comuns inicien amb la corrupció una ronda de debats per definir propostes de futur

2018-11-13T09:41:58+01:00

Públic | 17/07/2017 Catalan - Catalunya en Comú ha començat la campanya 'Construïm en comú la Catalunya del futur', una série de debats que s'allargarà fins a l'octubre. Pisarello ha animat al públic "a fer fora al partit del 3%" i apostar per "alternatives progressistes". Read more...

Els Comuns inicien amb la corrupció una ronda de debats per definir propostes de futur2018-11-13T09:41:58+01:00
28 Jun 2017

Why won’t Brussels release report on EU-wide corruption?

2018-11-13T09:41:59+01:00

Euronews | 28/06/2017 English - Campaigners want to know why Brussels bureaucrats are refusing to release a report on fighting corruption. EU chiefs had promised to report every two years on how well countries in the bloc were battling graft. But, after its first report in 2014, there has been nothing. Read more...

Why won’t Brussels release report on EU-wide corruption?2018-11-13T09:41:59+01:00
20 Jun 2017

Requesters appeal to EU Ombudsman for access to Commissioners’ expenses

2018-11-13T10:03:19+01:00

Madrid, 20 June 2017 - Access Info Europe and 53 requesters from across Europe appealed to the European Ombudsman about the European Commissions’ failure to register, process, and respond to requests for the 2016 travel expenses of EU Commissioners submitted five months ago, in January 2017. The joint complaint highlights the Commission’s four major violations of the EU transparency rules: (1) the failure to even register 152 of the requests; (2) the failure to process 188 of the requests; (3) failing to respond to 51 appeals; (4) for outright refusals to process requests for President Juncker, the Vice President Timmermans,

Requesters appeal to EU Ombudsman for access to Commissioners’ expenses2018-11-13T10:03:19+01:00
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