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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8106
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/ombudsman

Jacob Söderman criticises Council for lack of transparency

Strasbourg, 05/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, has published a special report concerning the Council of the European Union which did not give access to documents pertaining to meetings on justice and home affairs which were requested by the Statewatch organisation. In a draft recommendation in March 2001, the Ombudsman asked the Council to provide all the relevant documents but as far as the Ombudsman is aware the Council has not yet done so. In his special...

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