Dr Abazi presents at the House of Representatives of the Netherlands on Parliamentary Access to Information
Dr Abazi presents at the House of Representatives of the Netherlands on Parliamentary Access to Information
By invitation of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, on 18 May 2016, Dr. Vigjilenca Abazi gave a presentation entitled 'Parliamentary Access to Official Secrets in the European Union' in which she addressed the challenges and limits for access to sensitive information for national parliaments as well as the European Parliament.
Dr Abazi focused on the legal framework of official secrets in the EU that gives rise to information asymmetries in processes of parliamentary oversight.

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