Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-14-Speech-3-286-562"
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"en.20110914.24.3-286-562"2
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"Access to documents is a fundamental right of the European Union following the Treaty of Lisbon. Indeed, transparency is the general rule and with the Treaty of Lisbon – and, accordingly, with the acquisition by the European Charter of Fundamental Rights of binding legal force – it has become a legally binding fundamental right of the citizen, so that any decisions denying access to documents must be based on clearly and strictly defined exceptions, founded on sound arguments and reasonably explained, allowing citizens to understand the denial and to use the legal remedies available to them effectively. I agree with the call for transparency at EU level to be mirrored by Member States when transposing EU legislation into national law, notably by establishing correlation tables, drawing
on best practice in terms of
. I voted for this report since I agree with the need to encourage the Commission to maximise the transparency of the standards promoting public access to documents."@en1
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