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Access Info urges OECD to adopt strong and clear definition of Open Government
Madrid, 13 September 2017 – Access Info Europe has urged the Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD) to adopt a definition of an “Open Government” as one characterised by transparency, participation, responsiveness, and accountability, in line with increasingly established standards set by bodies such as the Open Government Partnership. Responding to the OECD’s public consultation on Open Government, Access
EU President Juncker plans to publish Commission travel expenses – Access Info calls for full and detailed transparency
Madrid, 1 September 2017 - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is planning to publish the travel expenses of the EU’s 28 Commissioners according to reports today by Le Soir newspaper and Politico.eu. This move comes in the wake of a campaign by Access Info and 120 requesters from across Europe, which generated intense media coverage earlier in August. Reports suggest
Fact-checking the European Commission’s press conference on the Commissioners’ expenses
Madrid, 14 August 2017 - On 9 August, European Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva faced a barrage of questions from journalists about the European Commissioners’ travel expenses, after two months of detailed data was disclosed following a three-year campaign by Access Info Europe. Access Info has fact-checked some of Andreeva’s key statements. 1. “We do publish mission expenses whenever we are
EU-formand brugte 200.000 kr. på dagsrejse til Rom
Finans | 14/08/2017 Danés - EU's kommissionsformand Jean-Claude Juncker sidste år skulle en tur til Rom fra sin arbejdsplads i Bruxelles, så han ingen anden mulighed end at leje et privatfly. Ruten, der tager ca. 2 timer at flyve, endte dermed at koste skatteborgerne i EU næsten 200.000 kr. Leer más...
‘€75,000 on one trip’: EU officials under fire over splurging on private jets & luxury hotels
RT News | 11/08/2017 Video en inglés - EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini are in the center of a controversy for spending many thousands of euros on private charters as part of official missions, an information inquiry reveals.
EU officials rack up huge bills in first 2 months of 2017
RT UK | 11/08/2017 Video en inglés - New figures released show EU officials have been racking up huge spending bills on private jets and visits in January and February of this year. Andreas Pavlou, a researcher for Access Info Europe, says they asked for spending of the whole of 2016 but their requests were denied.