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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ombudsman

Nikiforos Diamandouros calls on Parliament to guarantee access to information on MEPS' personal allowances

Strasbourg, 28/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - European Ombudsman Nikifouros Diamandouros has asked the European Parliament (EP) to accept a request for public access to details of the payments received by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), including general expenditure, travel and subsistence allowances, as well as allowances for the MEPs' assistants. This follows a complaint from a Maltese journalist, whose request for details of certain MEPs' allowances was rejected by the EP. The EP...

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(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION:
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(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Full agenda for ministers on 1 and 2 October - focus on Galileo
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ICAO fails to agree on cutting aviation greenhouse gas emissions
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: Parliament adopts Zatloukal report on efficiency and equity in European education and training systems
(EU) EP/CULTURE: MEPs back setting up European digital library
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: EP raises idea of horizontal instrument to enhance protection for consumers of cross-border services
(EU) OMBUDSMAN: Nikiforos Diamandouros calls on Parliament to guarantee access to information on MEPS' personal allowances
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Council cannot adopt “refugee status” directive without taking Parliament amendments into account
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Spain and Luxembourg guilty of barring access to public sector information
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Major legislation published in the Official Journal
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Workshops, conferences and seminars on European integration in October 2007
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