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Parliament inaction on lobby transparency could sink register reform
[Article first published by the ALTER-EU] Madrid/Brussels, 17 March 2017 - The European Parliament must do more to improve lobby transparency, 100 civil society organisations urged in an open letter published today. MEPs were warned that the European Commission's current proposal for a revised EU Transparency Register would allow for
The risks of transparency in times of rising populism
Freedominfo.org | 16/03/2017 Inglés - It’s not often that your own colleagues working on democracy issues actually question the wisdom of pressing for greater transparency, but this has happened to me a few times lately. Most recently, I’ve been asked about the wisdom of pursuing Access Info’s high profile campaign
Enquiry about legislative transparency in the Council welcomed by Access Info
Madrid, 14 March 2017 – Access Info Europe today expressed concern over insufficient record keeping in the Council of the EU and welcomed the launch of the European Ombudsman’s strategic enquiry into transparency of one of the EU’s key decision making institutions. A focus of the Ombudsman’s enquiry is whether
El Gobierno gasta 25 millones de euros en asesores a dedo para los ministros
El País | 14/03/2017 Español - El primer Gobierno de Mariano Rajoy gastó al menos 25,6 millones de euros en contratar asesores eventuales para sus ministerios. Esa fue la cantidad que destinó entre 2012 y 2015 a pagar los sueldos de trabajadores que no pasan por ningún proceso selectivo para
The risks of transparency in times of rising populism
[Article first published by the UNCAC Coalition Blog] Helen Darbishire, Executive Director Madrid, 10 March 2017 - It’s not often that your own colleagues working on democracy issues actually question the wisdom of pressing for greater transparency, but this has happened to me a few times lately. Most
Commissioners’ Expenses Campaign Update: EU continues to refuse to recognise requests
Madrid, 10 March 2017 – Access Info Europe today condemned the European Commission’s refusal to process 189 requests for data on EU Commissioner’s travel expenses submitted by 120 people in January 2017. In a formal complaint sent today, Access Info alleges a serious violation of the access to documents rights
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