Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-16-Speech-3-132"
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"Public access to documents is an essential factor in ensuring that there is democratic control of the institutions and that they operate effectively, thus increasing citizens’ trust. In the framework of the Stockholm Programme, the Council reaffirmed the importance of transparency and invited the Commission to examine the best way to ensure transparency in the decision-making process, document access and good governance, in view of the new opportunities offered by the Treaty of Lisbon. I am in no doubt that the legal basis for the regulation applicable to document access needs changing, as does the legal context in which it should operate, particularly with regard to the relation between the Union’s institutions and the citizens.
Improvements are also needed in substantive terms, as, for example, in something I regard as fundamental, which is Parliament’s ability to exercise its right to democratic control through access to sensitive documents. Transparency, whether in relation to the public or in interinstitutional terms, is a fundamental principle of the EU. The actions and decisions taken by all the EU’s institutions, bodies, services and agencies must be guided by the fullest possible compliance with the principle of openness."@en1
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