“Transparency has always been of the utmost importance to the Commission and the President, Ursula von der Laen,” the European Commission said in a statement, which annulment its decision not to publicize the SMS messages exchanged between the Commission’s chairman and the CEO of the CEO.
In its statement, the Commission stresses that “it will carefully study the Court of Justice’s ruling and decide on the next steps”, adding that “it will issue a new ruling that will provide a more detailed explanation” for the reasons why the written messages were not requested.
The Commission’s announcement
“The Commission shall take into account today’s Court of Justice ruling on a request for access to documents. The General Court finds that the Commission should have provided a more detailed explanation in its ruling that it does not hold documents of the requested press.
The General Court does not question the Commission’s registration policy on access to documents. These rules aim to ensure the integrity of the Commission’s archives and complete transparency, ensuring that the important documents drawn up or received by the Commission are easily accessible to EU citizens.
The Commission will now carefully study the Court of Justice’s ruling and decide on the next steps. To this end, the Commission will issue a new decision that will provide a more detailed explanation.
Transparency has always been of the utmost importance for the Commission and the President, Ursula von der Laien. We will continue to strictly adhere to the strong legal framework that applies to the imposition of our obligations. We remain fully committed to maintaining transparency, accountability and clear communication with all interested parties, including EU institutions, civil society and representatives of interests. “.
