An EU Transparency Register in Progress

Summary:

The EU Transparency Register, which has been in place since 2011, has recently gained additional exposure by making it onto the list of political priorities of the Junker Commission, where the Commission acknowledged the right of citizens 'to know with whom Commissioners and Commission staff, Members of the European Parliament or representatives of the Council meet in the context of the legislative process' and committed to introducing a proposal to make the system mandatory by 2016.