Strasbourg, 13/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Following a recommendation from the European Ombudsman in March, the European Commission has agreed to provide the environmental organization "Friends of the Earth" with total access to two studies on the environment in Gibraltar. Jacob Soederman welcomed this decision for transparency and public access to documents.
Initially, the Commission had refused access to these two studies regarding Britain's respect of directives over garbage and hazardous...