This motion for a resolution on the deadlock in negotiations on Public Access to Parliament, Council and Commission Documents follows the Commission statement made on 21 May (during the last plenary session) on this issue.
The revision of Regulation No 1049/2001 on Public Access to Parliament, Council and Commission Documents has been ongoing since the initial Commission proposal was published on 30 April 2008. After a subsequent Commission proposal and deadlock in Council, the Parliament adopted its first reading position on 15 December 2011.
Since then, trilogue negotiations have broken down due to the unwillingness of some member states – and the Commission in particular – to compromise.
This motion for resolution is intended to show: the Parliament's willingness to negotiate; its reasonableness in terms of red lines; and that the responsibility for the deadlock lies with the Commission and the Council.