The European Parliament has called on the council of ministers, the union's main law-making body, to open its doors to the public and show how national governments negotiate at the European level.
"What is there to hide?" asked Spanish green MEP David Hammerstein Mintz during a parliament debate on Tuesday (4 April).
"With European leaders bent on deliberating in private, it is no wonder citizens feel alienated from the EU," he added.
MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of t...
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