Activities of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2019/2198(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on public access to documents (Rule 122(7)) – annual report for the years 2016-2018
Amendments (7)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the widest possible public access to documents is essential to public scrutiny on all aspects of EU activity; recalls that trust of citizens in the Union depends on transparency;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU institutions to reply promptly to requests for access to documents;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers it unacceptable that currently the only avenue open to citizens for challenging a refusal to an access to documents request is a complaint to the Court of Justice of the European Union, which entails extremely lengthy processes, the risk of high, even prohibitive costs, and uncertain outcome, putting an unreasonable and deterring burden on citizens who wish to challenge a decision to refuse (partial) access; emphasises that this means in practice that there is no effective legal remedy against a negative decision on a request for access to documents;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Considers that EU institutions should not call on the opposing party to bear the costs of court cases; calls on the EU institutions to ensure that citizens are not prevented from challenging decisions for want of means;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that in camera sessions in EU institutions are often not sufficiently justified; calls for clear rules governing requests for in camera sessions in the EU institutions;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the creation by the Commission president of the position of Vice-President with explicit responsibility for transparency; calls on the Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency to restart the long-overdue implementation of Article 15(3) of the TFEU.put all efforts in finding swift agreement on the revision of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001; is fundamentally opposed to the intention of the Commission to withdraw this proposal; considers the mere fact that a file is blocked in Council, one of the two legislators, insufficient grounds for withdrawal;