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Euro-Just lobbies Council for Special Secrecy Exclusion
Euro-Just lobbies Council for Special Secrecy Exclusion Brussels, 12 April 2012 – A leaked document dated 12 April 2012 has revealed that EuroJust, the EU’s judicial cooperation body, attended the last Council meeting to argue for special language to exclude it from the future access to documents rules. According to the text passed to Access Info Europe, EuroJust is arguing
Civil Society & International Organisations criticise Spain’s draft access to information law
80,000+ Sign Avaaz Petition against the draft 3.600 Contributions received to 15-day web-based consultation on draft Article Updated: 14 April 2012 – The Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe, the Coalición Pro Acceso, and thousands of Spanish citizens call for a stronger transparency law in the face of a sub-standard draft. Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
España y transparencia en la UE
España debe comprometerse con la transparencia en la reforma del Reglamento europeo Madrid, 11 abril 2012 – Hoy, Access Info Europe y Ecologistas en Acción han instado al gobierno español a que se posicione claramente a favor de una mayor transparencia dentro de la Unión Europea, en consonancia con el actual proceso abierto para aprobar la ley estatal de transparencia.
Renewed threat on access to EU documents
Renewed Threat on Access to EU Documents – EU Transparency Campaign 10 April 2012 – After a series of inter-governmental negotiations, fears that Member States are using the reform of the EU access to documents regulation as an opportunity to add new exceptions and to weaken the right of access to EU document have recently been renewed by a Council
One day left to call for changes to Spain’s draft transparency law!
Madrid, 9 April 2012 – Spanish citizens have until tomorrow, Tuesday 10 April, to make comments on the draft transparency law and to tell the government that they want a much stronger protection of the right of access to information. The draft law had numerous weaknesses, including a very limited definition of information, a limited scope of bodies to which
Comments submmitted in Consultation on Spain’s draft Access to Information Law
Madrid, 3 April 2012 – Access Info today published recommended submissions for the public consultation on Spain’s draft Access to Information law. These are in addition to a formal submission which will be made by the over 50 NGOs members of the Coalición Pro Acceso. The very short consultation ends on Tuesday 10 April. Access Info’s position is that the
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