On behalf of LobbyControl Initiative f”ur Transparenz und Demokratie e.V., bearing 21.526 signatures, on the need for more transparency in the functioning of the Council of the EU 

Petition addressed to: Petitionsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments

The petitioner is calling for the Council to be more transparent and accountable in its decision-making and contacts with lobbyists, in order to win back the trust of the EU citizens. In particular, the petitioner aims at measures to achieve transparency in the decision-making within the Council, including in its preparatory committees, to make inter-institutional meetings such as trilogues transparent and to include the Council in the EU Transparency Register and make it obligatory.