Strasbourg, 14/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 13 March, when addressing two draft recommendations to the Fifteen, following complaints by Statewatch, an organisation fighting for openness and transparency in institutions, Jacob Soderman, European Ombudsman, challenged the EU Council practice of secrecy, that does not respect the rules on access to documents.
The first complaint lodged by Statewatch accuses the EU Council of Ministers of having failed to grant access to certain documents of...