Green light for more access to sensitive documents

The European Parliament has approved a report by German Conservative MEP Elmar Brok, which allows access by the Parliament to sensitive Council information in the field of security and defence. This would be allowed under an institutional agreement agreed by both sides. Following several years of negotiations, this agreement closes a loophole, which continued to exist after the adoption of the regulation on public access to documents of the EU institutions. However, some MEPs complained that ...