Democracy

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)

Since the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty in 2007 citizens were to have more opportunities to participate in EU...

Europe-wide lists for EU elections

Even though European elections are held Europe-wide, lists of candidates are still drawn up at national level or even within...

Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament

In March 2011 the British newspaper The Sunday Times landed a scoop when its journalists, posing as lobbyists, secretly...

Inspection rights of the EU Parliament into classified information for EU legislation

MEPs and Parliament staff do not have full access to all EU documents. But Parliament's greater responsibility under the...

Election of the European Ombudsman

The European Ombudsman investigates complaints about maladministration in the institutions of the EU and fulfils the...

Election of the EU Commission President by the EU Parliament

The European institutions are often compared to the political system of member states.

Yet it is often pointed out...

Modification of the interinstitutional agreement on the Transparency Register

Lobbies operating in and around the EU institution, if left unchecked, can have considerable influence over European...

Lobbyism and transparency in EU decision-making

Around 20,000 lobbyists work around the EU institutions in Brussels. Many of them try to influence EU legislation in favour...