Information about Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič
Dear European Parliament,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- Any information about Wopke Hoekstra and his past for example, but not only, activities involving working at Shell and McKinsey and others. Any information about on going connections to mentioned companies.
- Any information concerning Maroš Šefčovič and his studies of interinstitutional relations at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations between 1985 and 1990.
Yours faithfully,
Smúdalová Anna
Our reference: 2023-3402
Dear Ms Smúdalová,
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TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
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Our reference: 2023-3402
Dear Ms Smúdalová,
Thank you for contacting the Transparency Unit of the European Parliament.
Further to your application under [1]Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001, requesting public access to documents containing information on
Mr Wopke Hoekstra and his past (for instance activities involving working
at Shell and McKinsey and others and any information about ongoing
connections to mentioned companies) and on Maroš Šefčovič and his studies
of interinstitutional relations at the Moscow State Institute of
International Relations between 1985 and 1990, we would like to inform you
that all documents held by Parliament regarding the two Commissioners are
published [2]here.
In particular, you can find their CVs (including education and previous
positions), declarations of financial interests and documents related to
their hearings in Parliament, including the evaluation letters of
Parliament's Committees:
- For Commissioner Hoekstra:
[3]https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/h....
- For Commissioner Šefčovič:
[4]https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/h....
On this basis, Parliament considers your application handled and the
procedure closed. Should you wish to submit any new requests for specific
Parliament documents, [5]please do not hesitate to come back to us.
Kind regards,
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the Presidency
Directorate-General for Interinstitutional Affairs and Legislative
Coordination
[6][European Parliament request email]
[7]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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7. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb