Download or read book Openness and Transparency at the European Council and the Council of the European Union 2020 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As European Union (EU) policies ultimately shape many aspects of the lives of around 445 million citizens, it is crucial that EU decisions be taken as openly and as closely as possible to them. Since many of these decisions are legally binding for EU Member States and citizens, people need to be able to access clear information on how and why European legislation is adopted.

Download or read book Openness and Transparency at the European Council and the Council of the European Union written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the European Union's policies ultimately shape many aspects of the life of more than 500 million citizens, it is crucial that EU decisions be taken as openly and as closely as possible to them. For that reason, people need to be able to access clear information on how and why European legislation is adopted. This publication gives an overview of openness and transparency in the European Council and the Council of the European Union and provides easy access to a variety of information sources.

Download or read book Basic Texts on Transparency Concerning the Activities of the Council of the European Union written by Council of the European Union and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Openness and Transparency in the EU Institutions written by European Commission and published by Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 1996 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Basic Texts on Transparency Concerning the Activities of the Council of the European Union written by and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication includes the full texts of documents covering: the transparency and openness of the Council's discussions; openness and transparency in the Amsterdam Treaty and, provisions relating to archives.

Download or read book Transparency in EU Institutional Law A Practitioner s Handbook written by Bart Driessen and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, which takes account of legal developments until June 2012, describes in detail the EU law affecting the transparency of the institutions as well as the actual practice of the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament. The relevant practice of other institutions and bodies is also considered. Among the topics covered are: the scope and extent of public access to documents under Regulation 1049/2001; the impact on public access of Regulation 1367/2006 (the ‘Aarhus Regulation’); the procedure for applying for public access; rules on classified information; data protection and public access; the openness of decision-making, the relationship of Regulation 1049/2001 and other rules on access to documents; the law pertaining to the Official Journal; other aspects of transparency of EU decision-making, such as languages, quality of drafting and the involvement of lobbyists; remedies in Court and before the Ombudsman. Fulfilling the clear need for a practical guide to the nuts and bolts of the law and practice on transparency in the EU's institutional system, this book is written for the practitioner and indeed any party with an interest in availing of his or her rights under EU law. It is the only legal resource that serves this function and does so with élan and a matchless clarity.

Download or read book Increasing Transparency in the European Union written by Veerle Deckmyn and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En gennemgang af udviklingen gennem de seneste år med hensyn til åbenhed, gennemsigtighed og offentlighed i EU

Download or read book The Laws of Transparency in Action written by Dacian C. Dragos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the issue of free access to information as part of the openness and transparency principles. The free access to public information has become one of the most hotly contested aspects of contemporary government and public administration. Many countries in Europe have well-established Freedom of Information laws (FOIAs), while others have adopted them more recently. The problems that occur in the implementation of FOIAs are different due to the legal and institutional context; nevertheless, patterns of best practices and malfunctioning are comparable. The book analyses in comparative and empirical perspective the respective main challenges. Whilst the existing literature focusses on the legal provisions, this book offers practical insights through 13 national profiles and the EU level, on how effective the legal provisions of FOIAs really prove to be.

Download or read book Information Handbook of the Council of the European Union written by Council of the European Union. General Secretariat and published by Council of the European Union. General Secretariat. This book was released on 2000 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide explaining how the Council of the European Union works. Existing sources of information are included, and details of the implementation of measures being adopted to increase openness and transparency, especially in access to documents. Topics covered include basic concepts, information on Council activities, and contacts and useful addresses.

Download or read book Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union written by Anthony Arnull and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union's growing accountability deficit threatens to undermine its legitimacy; accordingly, member states have agreed to negotiate a new set of Treaty changes in 2004. These essays consider various aspects of accountability and legitimacy in the European Union.

Download or read book Openness and Transparency in the European Union written by Veerle Deckmyn and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Secrecy and Openness in the EU written by Tony Bunyan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third pillar of the European Union - Justice and Home Affairs - formalised the array of secret committees that had been established since the mid-1970s to coordinate the policies of the Member States on such issues as policing, immigration, asylum, drugs and terrorism. Yet the policies that were developed had fundamental implications for civil liberties and democratic rights. Both before and after the Maastricht Treaty the whole apparatus was outside the control of either national parliaments or the European Parliament, and was not within the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. However, the EU did adopt a procedure to apply for documents which opened the door for citizens to find out what had been decided. In this book Tony Bunyan analyses the emergence of this secret system and the challenges to it both through exposure and by campaigns to procure documents. Book jacket.

Download or read book Access to Information in the European Union written by Herke Kranenborg and published by ISBS. This book was released on 2005 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last 15 years, transparency has been one of the central themes in the European integration process. By providing more openness about its activities, the European Union tries to bring itself closer to its citizens. Transparency is considered one of the main methods to relieve the 'democratic deficit'. One way of increasing transparency is to grant citizens a right to access information. Another way is to actively publish information. Transparency is not an exclusive feature of European integration. On the contrary, inspiration for policies on access to information is mostly drawn from the sometimes longstanding experiences of the member states. Access to Information in the European Union provides for a detailed and useful overview of EC and member state legislation in the field of access to information, highlighting the similarities and differences between national legislation of different member states.

Download or read book The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union written by Sverker Gustavsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability. Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415480994_oachapter1.pdf

Download or read book How Open is open as Possible written by Cornelia Moser and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Information Handbook of the Council of the European Union written by Unione europea. Consiglio. Segretariato generale and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transparency Participation and EU Institutional Practice written by Päivi Leino and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent years have witnessed a growing concern in the EU institutions for the ways in which openness and citizen participation are believed to distract efficient decision-making. Various examples of such attitudes can be easily identified, demonstrating how the EU institutions still fail to possess a deeper understanding of the role of transparency in legitimate governance. This paper discusses the ways in which the right of public access often turns into institutional politics with the institutions and the Member States in fact buttressing their own interests. This has serious consequences for the understanding of citizens' rights to participate in democratic decision-making. These questions are examined in the areas of legislative matters and international relations. The problems identified are then placed in the context of wider administrative culture in the relevant EU institutions, reflected in their responses to the citizens' concerns. The paper concludes with a few remarks on the wishes of the European Council to create greater legitimacy for the Economic and Monetary Union, and the role of openness in that discussion.