ABOGANDO POR UNA MAYOR TRANSPARENCIA EN LA UE
ARROJAMOS LUZ SOBRE LAS INSTITUCIONES Y LA TOMA DE DECISIONES DE LA UE
PROMOVEMOS LA TRANSPARENCIA EN LA TOMA DE DECISIONES...
porque los ciudadanos tienen derecho a saber cómo se toman las decisiones de la UEHACEMOS FRENTE A LA APLICACIÓN ABUSIVA DE LAS EXCEPCIONES...
porque las instituciones de la UE deben aplicar las excepciones al acceso en casos limitadosLUCHAMOS CONTRA LOS OBSTÁCULOS PRÁCTICOS AL ACCESO...
para que todo el mundo pueda presentar solicitudes de acceso de manera simple y directa
ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS SOBRE TRANSPARENCIA EN LA UE
Access Info submits recommendations to European Parliament on improving EU transparency
Madrid, 21 August 2015 - Access Info Europe today sent recommendations on improving transparency in the EU in law and in practice to Sven Giegold MEP (Greens, Germany) rapporteur for the Initiative Report for Transparency, Integrity and Accountability in the EU institutions. Key problems that need to be addressed urgently include ensuring that all exceptions to the right of access
Global civil society calls upon EU to join Open Government Partnership
Madrid, 27 July 2015 – Access Info Europe, the Open Society European Policy Institute, and Publish What You Fund have sent a letter endorsed by 50 organisations from around the world, calling on Members of the European Parliament to encourage the European Union to sign up to the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The OGP is a 65-country multi-stakeholder initiative that
European Ombudsman investigates lack of transparency in selection of judges for European Court of Justice
Madrid, 27 July 2015 – The European Ombudsman last week called on the Council of the European Union to respond to allegations made by Access Info Europe and the HEC-NYU EU Public Interest Clinic that it wrongly refused access to information on selection processes used for judges entering the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The EU Clinic
New lobby transparency civic-tech tools reveal corporate dominance of the Brussels bubble
Madrid, 25 June 2015 - The RTI community celebrated this week the launch of two groundbreaking online tools that enable citizens to monitor the interactions between high-level European Commission officials and lobbyists in the Brussels bubble: » LobbyFacts.eu, created by ALTER-EU's Corporate Europe's Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe and LobbyControl, and relaunched last week, is a site that delivers
European Commission urged to act to improve transparency
Madrid, 24 June 2015 – In a letter to European Commission Vice-President Timmermans as part of an ongoing dialogue, Access Info Europe has called for action to improve EU transparency in law and in practice. The pro-transparency organisation stressed the urgent need to bring the EU’s access to documents rules into line with international standards, and raised concerns about problems
European Commission fails to prove the need for its postal addresses policy
Madrid, 19 June 2015 – Access Info Europe this week expressed concern at the European Commission’s insistence on maintaining its obstructive requirement for all documents requesters to provide their postal addresses, after the Commission admitted in response to parliamentary questions that the policy is based on just one case of “abuse” over the past 14 years. Answering a parliamentary question