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"Under Article 127 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, it ‘may enter into agreements with other institutions in the context of the application of the Treaties or in order to improve or clarify procedures’. The report we are considering relates to the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Council concerning the forwarding to and handling by the European Parliament of classified information held by the Council on matters other than those in the area of the common foreign and security policy. The Council has been criticised for hiding information from Parliament. Obviously, it is not possible for everyone to have access to everything. We understand that there may be ‘top secret’ confidential information that should not be available to the general public or to MEPs. However, Parliament must have the ability to supervise the EU institutions. I voted for this report to narrow the field of classified information because it is a decisive step towards more democracy, since policy cannot be made behind closed doors and because Parliament must be an example of openness for EU citizens so that they can evaluate the decisions taken by their elected politicians."@en1
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