Request for invitation and costs coverage of Mrs Von der Leyen to the Renaissance Meeting in Bordeaux on 7 oct 2023
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
I am Xavier Azalbert a journalist with FranceSoir.fr a media published by the company SHOPPER UNION France https://www.francesoir.fr/. France-Soir is a media for political and general information https://www.francesoir.fr/mentions-legales
Article 15 TFEU provides, inter alia, that: "Each institution, body, office or agency shall ensure the transparency of its work and shall lay down in its rules of procedure specific provisions concerning access to its documents, in accordance with the regulations referred to in the second subparagraph".
In addition, the Members of the Commission are officials and within the scope of their duties they act as depositaries of official authority delegated the authority of the Member States, including France :
As a journalist for France-Soir I wish to obtain communication, under the right to Transparency :
1- Could you please provide the invitation from the Renaissance party to Mrs von der Leyen and M Breton for the summer universities as well as a copy of the travel invoices (ticket / hotel). Please provide all correspondence exchanged in all forms and formats (electronic, paper, sms, email, whatsapp messages, EDI (electronic data interchange), or any other private or public messaging format) between the political party bearing the name "Renaissance" and the European Commission and in particular, Mrs von der Leyen and M Breton regarding their participation to the Renaissance launch of the EU election campaign held in Bordeaux on 7-8 october 2023.
2 - Could you please specify how much the European Commission allocates for this type of representation event ?
3 - In the code of conduct, please specify under which clause it is stipulated that it is the role of commissioners to publicly display support for a political party ?
4 - Could you please specify out of which pocket this trip is paid from ? Is it paid for under the budget of the EU ? Or is it paid for by the Renaissance party or affiliated party ?
5 -a If it is paid for by the EU, could you please provide all documents related to the payment and which clause of the code of conduct allow for such a payment ?
5 - b if it is paid for by the Renaissance party or other affiliated person/party, could you please explain how the code of conduct allows for such a payment to avoid it being considered as partisanism ? Has it been declared by the respective person ?
I await your answer with great interest as an article is in preparation and this information is critical for French and European citizens in order to ensure paramount transparency of the actions of our representatives.
Yours sincerely
Xavier Azalbert
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Dear Sir,
Please be informed that your initial request for access to documents,
registered under reference 2023/5894, will be treated in part as a request
for documents (point 1 of your request) and as a request for information
(points 2 to 5).
Yours sincerely,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,
I am surprised by the response as you do not provide a timeline for the reception of the documents nor do you provide an estimate on how long it will take.
Usually you state that is is 15 days
Yours sincerely,
Xavier Azalbert
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email.
Please be informed that an acknowledgement of receipt concerning your
initial request for access to documents, registered under reference
2023/5894, has been sent to you on 09/10/2023.
Yours sincerely,
Access to documents team - cr
SG.C.1
Transparency