2 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2018/2105(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the positions of the Member States inwithin the Council during the EU legislative process must be recorded and made a matter of public knowledge in a timely and accessible manner, as in any system rooted in the principle of democratic legitimacy, co- legislators must be held accountable to the public for their actions; considers that making the results of the deliberations of the Council working groups also publicly available would help in understanding the origin of certain decisions, as well as increase the accountability of national governments towards their own citizens, while reducing also the negative views from the public opinion often portrayed towards the EU as a result of this lack of transparency in the decision-making; such strongly criticises the fact that the Council’s legislative documents are not, to any significant extent, directly and proactively accessible to the public while the legislative process is ongoing; calls on the Council to revise its confidentiality policy in order to ensure the highest level of transparency in its work;