Could the 9th May, Europe Day, share the date with a European common voting day in the near future? The report adopted on Tuesday 3rd May 2022 by the European Parliament on the introduction of transnational lists of candidates for the European Parliament could make this and other changes a reality if it becomes law […]

Are gas and nuclear sustainable sources of energy? Understanding EU comitology: how to avoid dying in the attempt   The consideration of gas and nuclear as ‘sustainable’ activities by the European Commission has brought up not only a hot debate on the merits (pros and cons) but also, and particularly, on EU’s decision-taking process on […]

The Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to documents of the Commission, Parliament and Council has celebrated this year its 20th anniversary. It was born in the spirit of placing the transparency of the European institutions at the centre of the debate and has since then proven itself to be an effective piece of legislation. The […]