European Parliament 12 December 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-3571/02 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Proposal for a secrecy clause in the sixth research framework programme.

According to critics of nuclear plants in the applicant countries, nothing much has been done to improve safety other than numerous documents being delivered from the capitals of the applicant countries to Brussels. No specific upgrading of safety seems to have taken place and no evidence has been produced to show that the nuclear plants are safe.