Madrid, 11 January 2013 – Access Info today launched a campaign to raise €3000 for costs it has to pay to the Spanish government after the Supreme Court ruled that the pro-transparency NGO does not have the right to ask what the Spanish government is doing to fight corruption. Access Info has lost a last appeal against the costs imposed after a five-year legal battle to obtain a response to an information request asking what Spain is doing to implement the UN Convention against Corruption.

Madrid, 17 December 2012 – Friends of the Earth (Spain) and Access Info Europe today (17 December 2012) presented a request for information calling on the Spanish Government to reveal the location of field with genetically modified maize which it is keeping secret in violation of EU law. The request was submitted via the website tuderechasaber.es (“your right to know”) and delivered in person to the Ministry of Agriculture. Spain is the only EU country with large scale production of genetically modified crops – around 100,000 hectares [1] – while other countries such as France and Germany

Overview: Supreme Court denies right of access to information Access Info Europe requested from Spain’s Ministry of Justice information about what it had done to implement the UN Convention against Corruption and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention. The information request containing a series of specific questions was presented on 14 June 2007. The request was never answered.

Madrid, 29 October 2012 – Access Info Europe has been ordered to pay €3000 to the Spanish government for asking what it is doing to fight against corruption according to a decision of the Spanish Supreme Court which has ruled that the NGO has not right to ask for such information. The decision closes a court case based on a information request submitted by an Access Info Europe board member in 2007. The main argument used by the Supreme Court is that the request by Access Info Europe to the Ministry of Justice for reports on the implementation of the

Debate sobre la futura ley de transparencia Madrid, 28 de septiembre de 2012 — Ayer el gobierno perdió una extraordinaria oportunidad de poder compartir con la sociedad civil su posición sobre la futura Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Buen Gobierno en España porque excusó su asistencia al debate público sobre la ley con motivo de la celebración del 10º Aniversario del Día Internacional del Derecho a Saber. Sí participaron en el evento, organizado por la Coalición Pro Acceso, de la que es miembro Access Info Europe, diputados de otros tres partidos: Meritxell Batet, del PSOE, Irene Lozano,

Madrid, 24 de septiembre de 2012 — Los miembros de la Coalición Pro Acceso alertaron en rueda de prensa, el 21 de septiembre en la Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid, de los defectos de la Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la información y Buen Gobierno, aprobada por el Consejo de Ministros el pasado 27 de julio. Desde la Coalición, han entregado un documento a los diputados encargados de revisar la ley, donde se proponen modificaciones a una ley que juzgan insuficiente. La Coalición se muestra preocupada también porque  la Ley está todavía por debajo de los estándares internacionales. Considera