Madrid, 22 October 2013 – The European Parliament has issued a statement welcoming the 17 October 2013 ruling by the European Court of Justice in the case of Council v Access Info Europe Case C-280/11 P stating that EU citizens need a clearer and wider access to the decision-making process. The European Parliament had joined Access Info Europe in defending against attempts by the Council of the EU to quash a 2011 its 2001 win before the General Court which ruled that the NGO should have full access to Council documents.

Madrid/Luxemburgo, 17 de octubre de 2013 — El Tribunal Europeo de Justicia ha rechazado hoy los argumentos, formulados por el Consejo de la Unión Europea y por el gobierno de España, que buscaban mantener en secreto la identidad de los Estados Miembro a la hora de proponer enmiendas legislativas durante los debates en el Consejo. Este es el fallo final de una batalla legal iniciada por la ONG Access Info Europe que busca una mayor apertura del proceso legislativo en Bruselas para hacer cumplir los tratados europeos que exigen que el Parlamento Europeo y el Consejo garaticen “la publicidad de

Madrid, 2 de Octubre de 2013 – El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) anunciará formalmente su decisión final en el caso Access Info v Consejo de la Unión Europea el día 17 de octubre de 2013, después de cuatro años de batalla legal. La segunda instancia del TJUE tendrá ahora la última palabra sobre si es legítimo o no que el Consejo sistemáticamente tache los nombres de los estados miembro en documentos que resumen negociaciones legislativas antes de que estas se hayan hecho públicas. La disputa es sobre si sí o si no el acceso público a

Brussels, 27 September 2013 -The European Central Bank regularly invokes the need to protect monetary policy and the financial stability of the Union and its Member States when refusing access to information a report by Access Info presented in Brussels today has revealed. Requesters are often seeking information about exchanges with Member States on the financial crisis. One third (36%) of requests resulted in full or partial refusals, with just 32% of requests receiving some or all information sought. Access Info has called on the ECB to review the legitimacy of its exceptions which are not all in line with

There are six organisations involved in the Alter Citizens Project. These are Access Info Europe – based in Spain, AITEC – based in France, Environmental Law Service – based in the Czech Republic, Friends of the Earth Europe – based in Belgium, Health Action International – based in the Netherlands, and SpinWatch – based in the UK.

Madrid, 2 July 2013 – Today, a group of European civil society organisations, concerned by the nomination of MEPs in the EU Ombudsman election, sent a letter to MEPs calling on them to vote for an impartial and independent Ombudsman during the July plenary session. The election of the EU Ombudsman is being fought by 6 candidates; Alex Brenninkmeijer (The Netherlands), Markus Jaeger (Germany), Ria Oomen-Ruijten (The Netherlands), Emily O’Reilly (Ireland), Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (Germany), Francesco Speroni (Italy). You can read a copy of the letter, also signed by Access Info, below.