[fwd] Re: Solana's military coup on transparency (was: EU Secrecy measures)

From: jonivar skullerud (jonivar@bigfoot.com)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 13:54:41 MET DST


Mer om EUs militære hemmelighold.

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From: "Herman Beun" <hermanb@bigfoot.com>
Newsgroups: talk.politics.european-union,england.politics.europe,alt.politics.ec,dk.politik
Subject: Re: Solana's military coup on transparency (was: EU Secrecy measures)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:55:42 +0200
Organization: deterministic chaos

morten sorensen <morten.sorensen@pure.dk> schreef in berichtnieuws
39AE3A70.171DE31A@pure.dk...

> Yes, because such a story could potentially cause a storm in Denmark -
> as we are not too keen on the relatively closed practices which seem
to
> be commonplace in most of the EU.

You can find more information on the topic on the Statewatch website,
http://www.statewatch.org/news/jul00/05solana.htm.

The new code came into effect on publication in the EU's Official
Journal on 23 August 2000, see
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/dat/2000/l_212/l_21220000823en00090010.p
df for the text.

Denmark voting in favour of the decision, yet signing the declaration by
the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland
(http://www.statewatch.org/newcode5.htm) stating that the new rules are
unnecessary, has been confirmed by the Danish permanent representation.
Recent changes to the texts on the Statewatch site seem to indicate that
Denmark voted against, but this is not correct.

> Our Foreign Minister is member of a party which actually prides
> itself on its' stance towards civil liberties and opennness
> [at least it says it does].

I know, RV is one of our sister parties.

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HermanB@bigfoot.com Brussel, Vlaanderen
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*representative democracy is a contradiction in 4 year terms*
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