FOLKETINGET
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European
Affairs Committee
M. Azmani
Bnnenhof la
2513 AA Den Haag
To:
Mario Centeno
President of the Eurogroup
P/a General-Secretariat ot the Council
Rue de la Loi 175
1049 Grussels
BELGIUM
Date 12 ]uty 2018
Our reference 18-Eu-8-048
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Dear President Centeno,
During the meeting of the Confetence of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of
Parliarnents of the European Union (COSAC), held in Sofia on June 17-19 2018,
delegations of the national parliaments of the European Union and the European
Parliament discussed the replies to the letter of December 20, 2017 regarding tour
proposals to enhance transparency in EU decision-making and to bring the European
Union doser to ts citizens.
Delegations conciuded that the letters we received did flot in substance engage with
the tour proposals that have been put forward by national parliaments. Delegations
also noted that the Eurogtoup has not provided any reply so far. At the end of the
plenary session, the LIX COSAC decided to invite the Council and related bodies to
further retlect via a point by point answer an the proposals. We attach the conciusions
and contributions tor your information, the relevant paragraphs are 2.6 and 2.7.
Moreover, we attach the original paper, presented at the LVIII plenary COSAC,
containing the four recommendations.
We note that the General Affairs Council otJune 26, 2018 discussed the
implementation ot the hA Better Law Making. We weicome the call from Member States
for a broader discussion on modernising the Council’s transparency policy. We believe
that the COSAC-proposals, as put forward in the letter of 20 December 2017, together
with the Court ot Justice’s case-law and the Ombudsman’s inquires may constitute a
good basis for such a reflection. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss options
for reform in person.