Tweede Kamer
DER STATEN-GENERAAL
Jean-Claude Juncker
President of the European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200
1049 Brussels
BELGIUM
To
Ma/ik Azmani, MP
Chairman of the standing committee on
European Affairs
Postbus 20018
2500 EA Den Haag
Contact person:
L.P. Middelkoop
Date 19 December 2017
Subject Four proposals to Increase EU transparency trom national parliaments
T +31(0)703182307
Dear President Juncker,
It is my honour to transmit to you, on behalf of 26 national parliaments/chambers of
the European Union, a letter containing four proposals concerning the transparency of
political decision-making in the European Union.
The proposals we put forward in the letter have been discussed at the most recent
COSAC-meeting of national parliaments and the European parliament in Tallinn on 26-
28 November 2017. The basis for this plenary discussion was a position paper drafted
by the Dutch House of Representatives and the Senate, which 1 attach for your
information. Together the 26 parliaments/chambers that support these proposals and
are signatory to this letter account for an unprecedented majority of 37 out of the 56
votes assigned to the national parliaments in the EU by the Treaty of Lisbon protocols.
The four proposals primarily concern the Council of the European Union, the European
Council and the Eurogroup, as it is our role as national parliaments to hold the
members of these bodies to account. We kindly ask you to voice your support for these
proposals publicly and in your discussions with representatives from the Council.
Yours sincerely,
The chairman of the standing committee on European Affairs
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