06/09/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 5 September, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that essential information on how Member States apply EU fisheries rules can remain confidential “in a major blow for transparency and ocean health”, according to the NGO ClientEarth, which brought the case before the judges. The Commission refused to grant the NGO access to audit reports detailing failings by France and Denmark to control illegal fishing “in breach of EU...