Brussels, 16/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 15 December, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament took a stance in favour of broader public access to the documents of European Union institutions, after a series of amendments had been brought (394 votes to 197 and 35 abstentions) to the initial proposal. Regulation 1049/2001 aims to give the fullest possible effect to the right of public access to documents and to define the general principles and exceptions to such access on grounds of...