Facebook interactions
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:
For the period between 26 April 2018 to date:
- a list of all lobby meetings held by President Tajani with Facebook or its intermediaries. The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings;
- all correspondence, including attachements (i.e. any emails, correspondence or telephone call notes) between the President Tajani and his Cabinet and Facebook or any intermediaries representing its interests; and
- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meeting and/or exchanged during the course of the meeting.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any doubts or question in regards to this confirmatory application.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Luisa Izuzquiza
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d’Édimbourg 26
1050 Bruxelles
Dear Ms Izuzquiza,
The European Parliament hereby acknowledges receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 8 March 2019 under reference A(2019)2905.
All requests for public access to documents are treated in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
In accordance with the above-mentioned Regulation, your application will be handled within 15 working days upon registration of your request.
The European Parliament reserves the right to ask for additional information regarding your identity in order to verify compliance with Regulation (UE) 2018/1725 and the European Parliament’s implementing measures.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that you have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website, which is a private website not officially related to the European Parliament. Therefore, the European Parliament cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.
Best regards,
TU
TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate General for the Presidency
Directorate for Inter-Institutional Affairs
and Legislative Coordination
Public Register webpage
[email address]
Our.ref.: A(2019)2905
Dear Ms Izuzquiza,
In reply to your request, please find attached a letter from the President
dated 20 March 2018, as well as another one dated 6 April 2018, and the
Facebook email sent in reply to the former letter. Facebook did not reply
in writing to the letter of 18 April, but it was discussed on the phone.
No further registered records exist of contacts between the Office of the
President and Facebook.
Please also find hereinafter the link to the minutes of the Conference of
Presidents meeting of 12 April 2018. The invitation to Mr Zuckerberg was
discussed under item 4.4.:
[1]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/or...
On this basis Parliament considers the request as handled and the file
closed. Please do not hesitate to submit a new request in case you
identify specific Parliament documents you would like to access.
Kind regards,
TU
[2]LOGO_EP TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate General
for the Presidency
Directorate for
Inter-Institutional
Affairs
and Legislative
Coordination
[3]Public Register webpage
[4][email address]
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Dear European Parliament,
Thank you! I hereby confirm receipt of your response and the disclosed documents.
Yours sincerely,
Luisa Izuzquiza
Corporate Europe Observatory