A new transparency framework for EU justice and home affairs agencies has been laid down by the European Ombudsman, in response to complaints from Statewatch that highlighted the failure of Europol and Frontex to meet their legal obligations under EU rules on public access to documents.
Europol (the EU policing agency) and Frontex (border control) have now promised to implement new policies and practices that will enable individuals to better understand, monitor and scrutinise the activities of the EU’s two most powerful justice and home affairs agencies, by facilitating access to documents they have produced or received.
This will provide an important means to hold both agencies to account as they take on an increasing number of powers and practices – a new law governing Frontex was approved at the end of 2019, vastly increasing the scale and scope of the agency’s work, and a new law to extend Europol’s powers was proposed by the European Commission in December.
Read the full story: EU: New transparency obligations for justice and home affairs agencies following Statewatch complaints
Coverage in EUobserver: [euobserver.com/]Frontex and Europol pledge greater access to documents
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