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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9213

17 June 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council/transparency
New “overall policy on transparency” at Council

Brussels, 16/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - With Slovenia and especially the United Kingdom dropping their objections, the European Council agreed on transparency measures with a view to further strengthening the involvement of citizens. In a bit of a surprise, all the measures put forward by the Austrian Presidency were accepted without alternation. A review clause on the measures adopted made it possible for the unwilling to come on board. “We are going quite simply to see how it works,”...

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