Est. 1min 05-04-2006 (updated: 04-06-2012 ) Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Languages: Français | DeutschPrint Email Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram The upcoming Finnish presidency is set to promote access to documents, ensure efficient communications and enhance the transparency of decision-making and proceedings of the Council. “In order to improve openness to the public of the Council’s activity, transparency will have a major role in communications during the [Finnish] Presidency,” states the Finnish Ministry of Justice press release. One of Finland’s objectives during its EU Presidency on the second half of year 2006 is to develop European regulation on public access to documents. To increase the number of public sessions of the Council, the Finns propose that Council sessions on all matters of interest to citizens must be made public. The Presidency also aims to broadcast all public Council sessions on the Internet. A non-binding report calling for the Council to meet openly in public when it decides on EU legislation was adopted by the Parliament’s Petition Committee in February 2006 and debated in the Parliament Plenary on 3 April 2006. Read more with Euractiv Businesses and green groups rally for EU eco-tech funds Small and medium-sized businesses, environmental technology suppliers and green campaigners join calls to maintain funding for eco-innovation in the 2007-2013 EU budget. Subscribe now to our newsletter EU Elections Decoded Email Address * Politics Newsletters Further ReadingEU official documents Commission:Transparency Initiative Parliament Parlament: Entschließungs betreffend den Öffentlichkeitsgrad von Tagungen des Rates, die er in seiner Eigenschaft als Gesetzgeber abhält Committee on Petitions:Report on the Special Report from the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the Council of the European Union in complaint 2395/2003/GG concerning the openness of the meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity(2 March 2006) Parliament, Speeches in the plenary:Publicité des réunions du Conseil lorsqu'il agit en qualité de législateur - Accès aux textes des institutions(3 April 2006) Governments Ministry of Justice, Finland, press release:Transparency of European Union decision-making to increase during Finland’s Presidency(31 March 2006) [FR]
