Brussels journalists upset at secrecy

Journalists in Brussels are dissatisfied with the "routine secrecy" of EU institutions, said an association of foreign journalists after its information request was partially upheld by an EU court. The Association de la Press Internationale (API) had appealed to the Court of First Instance that the European Commission had refused access to certain documents. The court ruled in favour of the journalists in two cases and for the commission in two others. Lorenzo Consoli, head of API, said: "As a result of our action, the commission will be forced now to grant more access to its documents, even though not as much as we wanted". (Via EU observer)