Newseek released a study on the world’s “best countries”
Newsweek released a study on the “best countries” of the world. Charts and Graphs are shown, taking into account several criteria such as Education and Health conditions.
Two weeks after the entry into force of the new Lisbon Treaty the main objective of which is to increase the democratic accountability of all the EU institutitions the European Parliament has invited the Council and the Commission to work together on the reform of the EU legislation in this sensitive matter building on the [...]
One year after their election, Parlorama has censed and analysed the professionalism of the deputies in order to better understand the actual functioning of the assembly. This study is based on the entire objective, public and available data which were compiled and analysed by Parlorama. Starting with the presence and activity of every member of the European Parliament (MEP), the [...]
Newsweek released a study on the “best countries” of the world. Charts and Graphs are shown, taking into account several criteria such as Education and Health conditions.
A new greek website has open these days. It is based on open source tools and public data. The Beta version is now running. You will find a retranscription of the creators’ explanation below.
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From Moses to James Madison to David Letterman, important ideas come in lists of ten, as do these principles for opening up government information.[1] The list isn’t new: my colleague John Wonderlich wrote about “themes for legislative information publication” in February 2007, and eight open government data principles emerged from a conference organized by internet oracle Carl Malamud and technology publisher Tim O’Reilly in December 2007.[2]However, we have refreshed the principles, expanded upon them, and added details.
Two weeks after the entry into force of the new Lisbon Treaty the main objective of which is to increase the democratic accountability of all the EU institutitions the European Parliament has invited the Council and the Commission to work together on the reform of the EU legislation in this sensitive matter building on the new art. 9 (*) of the Treaty on the functionning of the European Union.
Not surprisingly the debate has showed that the Strasbourg plenary is still alone in the search of more transparency.
The proof of it is the fact that on its side the Commission did’nt move of one comma of its 2008 contested initiative legislative proposal and even confirmed it as a basic text of the legislative work also under the Lisbon Treaty even if it is now clearly outdated face to the last two years of progressive judgments of the Court of Justice and to the Lisbon Treaty which impose the principle of transparency to all the EU Institutions, bodies and Agencies.
One year after their election, Parlorama has censed and analysed the professionalism of the deputies in order to better understand the actual functioning of the assembly. This study is based on the entire objective, public and available data which were compiled and analysed by Parlorama. Starting with the presence and activity of every member of the European Parliament (MEP), the [...]