EU institutions must demonstrate that the disclosure of a document effectively harms the public interest if they want to deny publication, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
The EU's top court also said on Thursday (3 July) that papers related to international agreements should not automatically be exempt from publication.
The ruling is the culmination of a five-year legal dispute between Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie In't Veld and EU governments over access to documents regardin...
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