AsktheEU.org: New one-stop portal makes requests for EU documents easy
Brussels/Madrid, Wednesday 28 September 2011 – on 28 September 2011, the 9th International Right to Know Day, pro-transparency human rights group Access Info Europe will be unveiling the AsktheEU.org...
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First Access to Documents request sent live in the European Parliament
In recognition of the 9th International Right to Know Day, AsktheEU.org was formally launched in the European Parliament this morning at a seminar convened by the European Ombudsman. The launch of the...
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AsktheEU.org attends #AlaveteliCon
This week, representatives of AsktheEU.org and Access Info Europe attended the successful (and first ever) #AlaveteliCon, organised by MySociety in Oxford on 2nd and 3rd April 2012. The event was...
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It has been over six months since we launched AsktheEU.org in the European Parliament in Brussels. Since then, there have been over 100 requests to the EU institutions and bodies made by individuals as...
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Denmark drops reform of EU access to documents rules as disagreements prove...
20 June 2012- The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU yesterday gave up on trying to reach an agreement between the European Commission, the Parliament and the Member States on reform of the...
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Civil society demands a more transparent EU lobby register
Madrid/Brussels, 23 July 2012 – Civil society organisations are fast making their opinions known on the EU’s one-year-old transparency register, calling for improvements to the information disclosed...
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Share your opinion on AsktheEU.org! On the 1 year anniversary of www.AsktheEU.org, 28 September 2012 we will publish a report on the functioning of the AsktheEU.org platform including information about...
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AsktheEU.org | EU Transparency Results 2012
Brussels, 28 September 2012 In the year running up to 28 September 2012, members of the European public presented a total of 214 requests for documents with European institutions and bodies using the...
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Poll shows citizens want more EU transparency
Brussels, 1 February 2013 – A majority of people across Europe want increased transparency of the European Union and are concerned about ethics and lobbying in policy-making, according to a new...
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400 Access to Documents requests made through AsktheEU.org
Madrid, 5 March 2013 – Last week AsktheEU.org observed the 400th access to documents request made on the website since the launch on 28th September 2011. Since then, AsktheEU.org’s users have made...
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Betterplace.org is Germany’s largest online fundraising website. It has a running Trendreport which gathers digital innovations on the internet and elsewhere in order to spread new ideas to the civil...
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Access to EU Documents Guide!
Madrid, 9 May 2013 – To celebrate Europe Day, Access Info Europe launched a citizen-friendly Guide on Access to EU Documents and is calling on members of the public and civil society organisations to...
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Making EU-requests is getting more and more popular!
Since the creation of the AsktheEU.org platform in September 2011, increasing numbers of citizens have been logging in and making requests to EU institutions. This has not gone unnoticed. The 2012...
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European Central Bank urged to review refusals
Brussels, Friday 27 September 2013 – The European Central Bank regularly invokes the need to protect monetary policy and the financial stability of the Union and its Member States when refusing access...
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It has been over six months since we launched AsktheEU.org in the European Parliament in Brussels. Since then, there have been over 100 requests to the EU institutions and bodies made by individuals as...
View ArticleAttempts to block citizens’ requests via AsktheEU.org
The European Commission is impeding the public’s right to submit access to documents requests via the AsktheEU.org web portal by refusing to register requests which are not accompanied by a postal...
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Join the Campaign to make EU Commissioner Expenses Transparent!
The EU Commission spend millions of Euros a year on the salaries, office and travel expenses of EU Commissioners, but citizens have no way of knowing exactly how this money is spent. The EU Commission...
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“If there is something you have always wanted to know, why not ask?” –...
Vicky Cann is a campaigner for Corporate Europe Observatory, a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and lobby groups...
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New Features Launched on Redesigned AsktheEU.org
Three New Transparency Campaigns Focus on the Demand for More Access to EU Documents Madrid, 29 September 2014 – Access Info Europe has launched a new version of the request platform AsktheEU.org,...
View ArticleMessage to AsktheEU.org Users – Latest news and server transfer
Dear Users and Potential Users of AsktheEU.org First of all, thanks to all our users and all those who have collaborated with AsktheEU.org in the first three years of our existence. AsktheEU.org has...
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