ONLY 60% OF INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
Key information requested to understand how decisions are taken regarding policy and legislation is not available to the public, impeding public participation and scrutiny of decision-making processes. Half of the information requested was denied by European governments
or simply did not exist.
THE RESULTS IN DETAIL:
THE OUTCOMES OF OUR REQUESTS
THE RESULTS IN DETAIL:
DOCUMENT-BY-DOCUMENT
THE RESULTS IN DETAIL: HOW LONG
DID WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR RESPONSES?
WHAT EXCEPTONS APPLIED TO
DENY (FULL OR PARTIAL) ACCESS?
WHAT TYPE OF DOCUMENTS DID WE ASK FOR?
We asked for types of documents we believe to be relevant when trying to follow and understand a specific decision-making process.
This is the kind of information we requested:
This document includes the number of meetings held by the public authority and, in the best scenarios, it can also include date, place, participants and topic of each meeting.
Minutes of meetings contain (detailed) information about the participants and their positions. You might request minutes if you are interested in knowing what participants said and if any agreement was reached.
Interactions between public authorities and private interest representatives are common, and when they take place, lobbyists often submit documents containing their proposals and suggestions. These documents might include e-mails, phone records, or anexxed documents.
This information will tell you the names of the public officials and government representatives who participated or were present in a certain meeting.
This information will tell you the names of the companies to which private interest representatives participating in a meeting with a public authority belong.
This information will tell you the names of the private interest representatives participating in a meeting with a public authority or government representative.
REQUESTING INFORMATION COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY
Find below the outcomes we got for the more than 200 pices throughout 55 information requests submitted in these 11 European jurisdictions. Keep scrolling to find more details per country: what kind of information did we ask for, what was disclosed, and what wasn’t.
Austria
We looked for information regarding FOI law amendments, awards of honorary titles, pesticides legislation, tobacco law and copyright.WAS THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED?
55% of information was denied! Find out a bit more…
Croatia
We looked for information regarding Catholic Church exemptions, tenders for oil exploitation and conversion of citizen's credits to Euros.WAS THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED?
52% of information was disclosed! Find out a bit more…
Finland
We looked for information regarding the adoption of a mandatory lobby register at the EU level.WAS THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED?
50% was not held! Find out a bit more…
Germany
We looked for information regarding CO2 limits, minimum wage, pharma laws, inheritance taxes and pension reform.WAS THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED?
54% of information was partially disclosed! Find out a bit more…
Greece
We looked for information regarding re-use of public sector information, public procurement legislation and infertility treatment legislation.WAS THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED?
It was impossible to access any information due to Administrative Silence! Find out a bit more…
Ireland
We looked for information regarding the FOI Act, legislation on policing authorities and miscellaneous and tobacco legislation.WAS THE INFORMATION DISCLOSED?
77% of information was disclosed! Find out a bit more…