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Tweede Kamer
DER
STATEN-GENERAAL
To
Jeroen Dijsselbloem
President of the Eurogroup
P/a General-Secretariat of the Council
Rue de la Loi 175
1049 Brussels
BELGIUM
Ma/ik Azmani, MP
Chairman of the standing committee on
European
Affaire
Postbus 20018
2500 EA Den Haag
Contact person:
L.P. Middelkoop
T +31(0)703182307
Date 19 December 2017
Subject Four proposals to Increase EU transparancy from national parliaments
E cie.eu()tweedekamer.nl
Dear President Dijsselbloem,
It is my honour to transmit to you, on behalf of 26 national parliaments/chambers of
the European Union, a letter containing four proposals concerning the transparency of
political decision-making in the European Union.
The proposals we put forward in the letter have been discussed at the most recent
COSAC-meeting of national parliaments and the European parliament in Tallinn on 26-
28 November 2017. The basis for this plenary discussion was a position paper drafted
by the Dutch House of Representatives and the Senate, which 1 attach for your
information. Together the 26 parliaments/chambers that support these proposals and
are signatory to this letter account for an unprecedented majority of 37 out of the 56
votes assigned to the national parliaments in the EU by the Treaty of Lisbon protocols.
The four proposals primarily concern the Council of the European Union, the European
Council and the Eurogroup, as it is our role as national parliaments to hold the
members of these bodies to account. We would be grateful 1f you would keep us
informed on how, insofar the proposals concern the Eurogroup, you intend to proceed
with them.
Yours sincerely,
The chairman of the standing committee on European Affairs
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