FOLKETINGET
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To:
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
The President of the Council at the
European Union
Pia General-Secretariat of the Council
Rue de Ja Lai 175
B-1048 Bruxelles
European Affairs Committee
M. AZmani
Binnenhof le
2513 AA Den Haag
Date
Our reference
12 ]uly 2018
18-EU-8-048
Page 1/2
Dear Chancellor Kurz,
During the meeting of the Conference at Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of
Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), held in Sofia on June 17-19 2018,
delegations at the national parliaments at the European Union and the European
Parliament discussed the replies to the lettet of December 20, 2017 regarding four
proposals to enhance transparency ii, EU decision-making and to bring the European
Union doser to ts citizens.
Delegations concluded that the letters we received did nat in substance engage with
the tour proposals that have been put forward by national parliaments. Delegations
also noted that the Eurogroup has flot 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 reflect via a point by point answer on the proposals. We attach the conclusions
and contributions for your information, the relevant paragraphs are 2.6 and 2.7.
Moreover, we attach the original paper, presénted at the LVIII plenary COSAC,
containing the tour recommendations.
We note that the General Affairs Council at June 26, 2018 discussed the
implementation of 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 lettet of 20 December 2017, together
with the Court of Justice’s case-law and the Ombudsman’s inquires may constitute a
good basis for such a reflection. We would weicome the opportunity to discuss options
for reform in person.