Open Government in the EUSince September 2014, the Open Government in the EU blog scans English-language online news outlets for news on EU transparency. Please find below the news digest for 2019. Recent news reports on EU transparency can also be found on the sidebar to the right of this post.
See also the news report digests for 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 (first quarter, second quarter, and second half), and 2014 (last quarter).
Main themes in 2019
In view of today’s challenges, is the EU’s approach to transparency sufficient, given that it is an atypical constitutional structure exercising sovereign powers across multiple levels of government and in constant need of explaining itself? Herwig Hofmann and Päivi Leino-Sandberg see room for reform.
18-19 September 2019: “Workshop: Inside the Black Box of Trilogues”, Utrecht University. Closed event.
24 September 2019: “Seminar: The future of EU transparency”, Finnish EU Presidency, Brussels. Closed event.
19-20 November 2019: “RECONNECT Conference: Transparency in the EU: mechanisms and practices”, Lille Catholic University (ESPOL). Abstract submission deadline: 20 September 2019. More information here.
The Council’s ongoing transparency overhaul continues to attract public attention.
