His was not just another presidency of the European Commission but that of the great European ‘ride’ of the 80s and 90s of the last century. A few months before he took office in January 1985, I entered the College of Europe in Bruges in September 1984 to study Community law, with the negotiations for […]

Most of the laws passed by the EU are decided in the shadows, without the involvement of the European Parliament and with the 27 member states unable to prevent the Commission from positioning itself as the main legislator in the EU, despite not having such a role and lacking democratic election. Transparency regarding the documents […]

Is still transparency a true fundamental right in the EU? Are the myriad of public consultations under the ‘have your say’ method something more than a trap to get distracted?   Comitology laws For easy understanding, the so-called comitology is a particular decision-making procedure in the EU that consists of granting the European Commission powers […]