The overarching aim of this master’s thesis is to investigate what role the accessibility of EU documents plays for the democracy in the EU. A three-pillar approach was adopted, consisting of a text analysis of the Regulation 1049/2001, which promotes transparency, and an analytical induction analysis of the cases where access to EU documents was denied despite the European Ombudsman’s recommendation to the contrary. The third pillar refers to the interplay between the two first; a contested field with ideals on the one side and the political reality on the other. The main findings are that the positive picture of openness presented in the Regulation does not correspond with the cases. Although openness is used as a rhetorical tool in the R...
Access to official documents is a key outcome of the concept of transparency as applied to the insti...
Upon request of the PETI Committee, the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Aff...
Transparency is one of those rare few European institutional principles that, upon their introductio...
The overarching aim of this master’s thesis is to investigate what role the accessibility of EU docu...
Transparency is a prerequisite of good governance: it empowers citizens. It allows them to scrutinis...
In this thematic issue, the question whether EU decision making might be characterised by an excess ...
Abstract: Since the Treaty of Maastricht transparency and openness have been prominent catchwords to...
This chapter characterizes transparency as an ambivalent principle of EU law and governance, serving...
Since the Treaty of Maastricht transparency and openness have been prominent catchwords to counter t...
Purpose of the present work is to examine the right of access to documents in the European Union wit...
'Seit dem Vertrag von Maastricht dienen die Begriffe 'Transparenz' und 'Offenheit' als beliebte Schl...
'Seit dem Vertrag von Maastricht dienen die Begriffe 'Transparenz' und 'Offenheit' als beliebte Schl...
In this thematic issue, the question whether EU decision making might be characterised by an excess ...
In and around the Council of the European Union all agree on the need for transparency in order for ...
Upon request of the PETI Committee, the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Aff...
Access to official documents is a key outcome of the concept of transparency as applied to the insti...
Upon request of the PETI Committee, the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Aff...
Transparency is one of those rare few European institutional principles that, upon their introductio...
The overarching aim of this master’s thesis is to investigate what role the accessibility of EU docu...
Transparency is a prerequisite of good governance: it empowers citizens. It allows them to scrutinis...
In this thematic issue, the question whether EU decision making might be characterised by an excess ...
Abstract: Since the Treaty of Maastricht transparency and openness have been prominent catchwords to...
This chapter characterizes transparency as an ambivalent principle of EU law and governance, serving...
Since the Treaty of Maastricht transparency and openness have been prominent catchwords to counter t...
Purpose of the present work is to examine the right of access to documents in the European Union wit...
'Seit dem Vertrag von Maastricht dienen die Begriffe 'Transparenz' und 'Offenheit' als beliebte Schl...
'Seit dem Vertrag von Maastricht dienen die Begriffe 'Transparenz' und 'Offenheit' als beliebte Schl...
In this thematic issue, the question whether EU decision making might be characterised by an excess ...
In and around the Council of the European Union all agree on the need for transparency in order for ...
Upon request of the PETI Committee, the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Aff...
Access to official documents is a key outcome of the concept of transparency as applied to the insti...
Upon request of the PETI Committee, the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Aff...
Transparency is one of those rare few European institutional principles that, upon their introductio...