10Principles4Treaty 3

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3. INSTALL TRANSPARENCY:

At present, citizens encounter difficulties in exercising their right to obtain information. Discussions of the Council and the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) are frequently closed to the public. Lobbying is a pervasive phenomenon that undermines democracy.

We demand:

• All meetings, committees and working groups of the Council and the Permanent Representatives must be open to the public.
• Access to information for all European citizens must be guaranteed.
• Clear limitations to lobbying must figure in the Treaty as well as mandatory registration and disclosure of interests and financing for all lobbyists, members of the European Parliament, members of the European Commission and members of committees.
• A new Treaty must be short, self-explanatory, and understandable by the common people.
• All languages must be considered equal. All official documents of the EU must be available in all official languages of the EU.