Abstract
This paper examines the role of the European Parliament to provide oversight in the context of EU executive secrecy. Behind closed doors meetings of EU executive actors are still commonplace for crucial policy issues, such as the euro crisis, or negotiations of international agreements with tremendous impact, such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the US. Perhaps paradoxically, parliamentary oversight of executive power in the EU is also increasingly taking place behind closed doors. This paper examines how the European Parliament asserts its role in oversight and its challenges in access to official secrets. The paper argues that current parliamentary practice of access to official secrets does not meet the standard of democratic oversight facilitating public deliberation.
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