Manifesto on EU Communication, Bled, 2006

Bled Manifesto on a European Communication Policy of the Commission of the European Communities - "Europe as a Communication Challenge"

Debating Europe, involving people

"Over the last two decades, the European Union has been transformed. It has taken on a wide range of tasks touching citizens’ lives in many different ways. But Europe’s communication with its citizens has not kept pace." Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

Communicating Europe in Partnership

" Fifty years on from the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the European Union continues to transform and reform itself to make the most of the opportunities of and respond to the challenges in areas such as globalisation, energy efficiency and independence, mobility, competitiveness, migration, security and climate change. Today's Union is larger, more diverse and deals with increasingly complex issues where the EU value added is significant but not easy to communicate."
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Debate Europe — building on the experience of Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate

" In June 2005, the European Council called for a period of reflection on how to take the institutional reform forward. In response to this call, the European Commission adopted “Plan D for Dialogue, Democracy and Debate” on 13 October 2005. Its aim was to encourage Member States to organise a broad public debate on the future of the European Union involving citizens, civil society, social partners, national parliaments and political parties, with the support of the EU institutions." Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

Public Access to Documents held by institutions of the European Community

"During the last fifteen years, the institutions of the European Union have gradually become more open to the public. The principle of openness was introduced by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1991, with a view to strengthen the democratic nature of the institutions. The Council and the Commission subsequently adopted a Code of Conduct on public access to their documents as an additional and essential part of their information and communication policy.. In 1996, the public right of access was enshrined in Article 255 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty of Amsterdam. Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011 gives effect to the right of citizens to obtain documents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission."
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