Further strengthening ties between FRA and the EEA and Norway Grants

Date of article: 15/12/2017

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15/12/2017
The Agency and the Financial Mechanism Office (FMO) of the EEA and Norway Grants signed an exchange of letters on the implementation of their administrative cooperation agreement on 14 December in Vienna.
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Workshop tackles hate crime registration

Date of article: 15/12/2017

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15/12/2017
The Agency, together with the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), held a one-day workshop in Tallinn on 8 December for law enforcement officers and officials responsible for hate crime registration.
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La Médiatrice demande au Président Tusk de publier des informations sur l’interaction avec les lobbyistes

Date of article: 18/12/2017

Daily News of: 18/12/2017

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La Médiatrice européenne, Emily O'Reilly, demande au président du Conseil européen, Donald Tusk, d'envisager de publier des informations sur les réunions que lui-même et son cabinet mènent avec des représentants d'intérêts.

Il est entendu que de telles réunions sont essentielles à son rôle, mais à Mme O'Reilly de rajouter que de telles réunions ne devraient être organisées qu'avec des lobbyistes répertoriés, conformément au champ d'application du registre de transparence de l'UE.

Le Conseil européen, qui définit l'orientation politique globale de l'UE, se mettrait ainsi en conformité avec les normes actuelles de l'UE. Ceci enverrait également un signal positif fort, au moment où la Commission, le Parlement et le Conseil de l'UE entament des négociations concernant la révision du registre de transparence de l'UE.

« Les citoyens européens attendent du Président Tusk et de son équipe qu'ils soient à l’écoute de toutes les parties pren

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Ombudsman asks President Tusk to publish meetings with lobbyists

Date of article: 18/12/2017

Daily News of: 18/12/2017

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The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, is asking European Council President Donald Tusk to consider publishing information about meetings he and his cabinet hold with interest representatives.

While such meetings are essential to his role, Ms O’Reilly has also suggested that any such meetings should only be with registered lobbyists, if they fall under the scope of the EU Transparency Register.

This would bring the European Council - which sets the EU’s overall political direction - into line with current EU standards. It would also send an important positive signal as the Commission, Parliament and Council of the EU begin negotiations on a revised EU Transparency Register.

“European citizens expect President Tusk and his team to listen to all key stakeholders on the main issues facing Europe, whether it is on migration, security or energy. However they also increasingly expect high levels of transparency from politicians and public inst

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