The General Court of the European Union has rejected all of the EU Council’s arguments that it is not obliged to grant access to documents drawn up by its working groups in the context of a legislative procedure, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday 25 January (case T-163/21).
However, the General Court does not recognise an unconditional right of access of European citizens to EU Council documents in the context of a legislative procedure, for example, in the case at hand, the amendment...