Wednesday, the EU court (TJUE) ‘He ruled that the Commission was illegally in the case of the New York Times raised‘, It was asked to access the SMS that was served Commission Chairman Ursula Van Der Lain and Faizer’s director Albert BorlaIn relation to vaccination contracts in Gov -19 infections.
According to the court, the Commission should not control himself to say that there are no documents that the Commission is demanding, but should provide reliable explanations that permit the public and the court’s understanding of the court Why not find those sources.
The European Commission is not the first company that says so SMS cannot be simplified When asked by journalists or legislators. Here are other cases where the tests are simply disappearing:
1. Nokia-Kate D Rutte
Former Dutch PM (And the current general secretary of NATO) Mark Rutte Between 2010 and 2024, he was in charge of the Netherlands government. At that time it has been proven that he removed many SMS from his phone, An old Nokia 301.
The root of the authorities that considered relevant to the archive, but the rest of them destroyed them “small storage to the place”, he protected Former Prime Minister And the Dutch released the media in 2022. The Netherlands legislators have demanded a parliamentary debate because they think they should not be destroyed without much work.
In 2019, the Dutch State Council has decided on WhatsApp and SMS on professional and private phones -if they are sent in the work environment – They enter the Government Information ActThat is, they can be part of the demands required for the Freedom Laws.
2. Deleted in several companies during government studies
Do not keep the records updated: In 2024, the Commission fined the company International flavors and perfumes Its French division with about 15.9 million euros to prevent an experiment in 2023.
The commission was discoveredThat, during this study, an elder IFF manager was deliberately destroyed WhatsApp messagesExchanged with a competitor. This happened after the staff was notified of the investigation. The social administrator said he was considering the “very serious nature” incident.
Similarly, the Dutch Dutch Regulator imposed an unidentified company 1.84 million euro fined in ACM 2019 In order to prevent their investigations. “Employees of the company, who were investigated for making reaction deals, abandoned WhatsApp and deleted chat during the ACM test. It was banned,” the control agency said.
3. Research on Scottish SNP acting during Coronavirus
Former Scottish Prime Minister Nicola sturgeonAlong with other health ministers and officials, he destroyed all WhatsApp news about the epidemic. A fact that came to light during a national inquiry last year.
Sturgeon had earlier stated that he had promised to “total transparency” on his behavior during the infection. There was difficulty in understanding the investigation What are the firm actions of the government at all timesBecause their answers to research demands are incomplete or vague.
The country’s former deputy prime minister John Swinny announced it He manually destroyed his messages sent to SturgeonAccording to him, the transparency was adjusted with his explanation about the policy of the Scottish government. One “it has never been questioned in previous years,” he said.
4. Secret negotiations on German charges
In 2020, the then Transport Minister Andreas Scherer showed the German media, Used email addresses and private telephone numbers in negotiations on controversial payment standards Cars in the country and this means that the content of the Ministry of Transport is not stored in the official archives.
Applications Freedom of information They do not provide access to data because they are not stored in the official archives do not have to be publicly be made public.
Scouire plan It was considered illegally by Tjue in 2019But this is not before the Millionaire Agreement is signed. Operators requested the central government to compensate for 560 million euros.
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