The following letter, signed by over 80 MEPs and civil society groups, was sent to the presidents of the European Commission and Council: Dear President von der Leyen, Dear President Michel, The coronavirus pandemic represents an...
“The basic principle is openness, transparency and fully keeping the public informed.” – South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha (BBC’s Marr Show, 17 March 2020) The coronavirus pandemic calls for an urgent, ambitious...
Last week, the multi-stakeholder platform accompanying the European Commission’s work on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted a paper with wide-ranging recommendations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU’s...
The Polish Parliament recently approved two laws that would enable the government to remove several Supreme Court judges and consequently further subordinate the country’s public institutions to the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS). The move...