Jean Lambert Calls for More Transparent EU Decision Making | |
The UK MEPs who took part in the joint press conference : Gary Titley (PES), Chris Davies (ALDE),Nigel Farage (I/D), Jean Lambert (Green) and |
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British MEPs challenge Blair to reform secretive Council meetings On 6th September, a group of leading British MEPs from the European Parliament's main political groups called on the UK Presidency of the EU to initiate reform that would bring out into the open the secretive decision-making process in the Council of Ministers. At a joint press conference in the European Parliament, the MEPs called on Tony Blair's Presidency to convince the Council to meet in public when debating new EU legislation. Jean Lambert, vice-president of the Greens/EFA group, said: |