Date of article: 19/06/2019
Daily News of: 19/06/2019
Country:
EUROPE
Author: European Ombudsman
Article language: en
European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly welcomes the initiative of the Dutch government, which is supported by other EU governments (Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Sweden*), to improve legislative transparency in the Council of the EU. This follows a similar initiative in 2015.
Proposals to publish more legislative documents and allow for greater openness of trilogue negotiations to help greater citizen awareness of, and engagement with, EU law-making are broadly in line with recent Ombudsman recommendations. They will also help to show the shared responsibility for EU decision-making.
“Europeans have a right to know what their governments are doing in Brussels.
“As the six Member States supporting the initiative highlight, the Strategic Agenda of the European Council, to be agreed this week, is an opportunity to modernise EU decision-making, improve accountability and fight