the Negotiations on a free trade agreement between the EU and the united states has been described as the most transparent ever. For example, there has been established a reading room at the state department to mps will be able to follow the development.
But when Jens Holm (V) went missing of the most interesting documents.
” I’m so tired of the secrecy surrounding this trade agreement. It will be impossible for me, which ultimately should be one of Sweden’s 349 mps that is likely to be be with and decide about this agreement. When not even we get to read all the texts, how then should an ordinary Swedish citizens understand this agreement, which is already complicated?
The sheaves in the negotiations on a free trade agreement with the united states, but in a couple of areas have still managed to agree on the wordings. At EU level it has been decided that these texts should be made available to the national parliaments of the member states, but the foreign ministry in Sweden has not been hit documents.
It is the Swedish principle of public access that makes US not want to release the texts. It says Karin Nylund is presskommunikatör at the foreign MINISTRY.
– Our principle of public access means that we must disclose documents and we can not promise that hemligstämpla something that we haven’t seen before.
the EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström is responsible for the negotiations with the united states. She does not comment on this matter today, but has previously stressed how important it is that all EU countries really share the information with their parliaments, to ensure the democratic scrutiny of the agreement.
Jens Holm is not satisfied with how this issue has been prepared by the Department of state, and he has now appealed to the government.
– the foreign MINISTRY says that I should go down to Brussels to read these texts. A Swedish member of parliament should need to travel to another country to read texts that are absolutely relevant to the member’s behalf, it is not okay.
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