Openness and transparency in the European Union
By: edited by Veerle Deckmyn and Ian Thomson
Contributors: European Institute of Public Administration
Publisher: European Institute of Public Administration
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Maastricht, the Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: Government information; Liberté d'information; Information des administrés; Congresses; Freedom of information; European Union
Notes: "This publication is the result of a conference on Transparency and Openness organized by the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht at the end of September 1997"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The emergence of the transparency theme  -- Ian Thomson; title: A miracle formula or an old powder in a new packaging? : transparency and openness after Amsterdam  -- Alain Guggenbühl; title: How open can a government be? : the Swedish experience  -- Torbjörn Larsson; title: Request for documents of the Council : an account of the Guardian case  -- John Carvel; title: The Council's policy on transparency  -- Hans Brunmayr; title: The role and impact of the European Ombudsman in access to documentation and the transparency of decision-making  -- Jacob Söderman; title: Request to a member state for access to European information : the Metten case  -- Alman Metten; title: Steamy windows : transparency and openness in Justice and Home Affairs  -- Monica den Boer; title: Democracy, transparency and political participation : some progress post-Amsterdam  -- Deirdre Curtin; title: Access to and transmission of information : position of the media  -- Jacki Davis; title: Maastricht, Edinburgh, Amsterdam : the "end of the beginning"  -- Martin Westlake; title: Treaty of Amsterdam (Article 255) --; title: Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union --; title: Bibliography -- Ian Thomson.