Strasbourg, 29/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - In an interview granted this summer with the Finnish regional daily Aamulehti, European Ombudsman Jacob Söderman had reacted to the fears expressed by the International Federation of Journalists concerning the new rules of the EU Council on public access to documents relating to security and defence matters (see EUROPE of 25 August, p.3). Mr Söderman mainly felt that these rules were not necessary and deplored the fact that they could be applied to...