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Politics for People Campaign: Tweet Your Candidate Day 14 May 2014

2018-11-13T10:11:50+01:00

Madrid, 12 May – To encourage candidates in the European Parliament elections to pledge to defend the public interest against excessive private-interest lobbying, the Politics for People campaign is launching #TweetYourCandidate Day on Wednesday 14 May 2014. At the time of writing, over 970 candidates to the European Parliament have signed the pledge – but there are still many more who have yet to do so! All you need to do is to send a tweet to a not-yet-signed candidate asking them to pledge to stand-up for citizens and democracy against the excessive lobbying influence of banks and big business.

Politics for People Campaign: Tweet Your Candidate Day 14 May 20142018-11-13T10:11:50+01:00

Second OGP National Action Plan by the Spanish Government open to public consultation

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Madrid, Wednesday 14 May 2014 – The Spanish government has developed a its second Open Government Action Plan as part of its involvement in the Open Government Partnership, a 64-country initiative promoting transparency, participation, and accountability, and is inviting comments from members of the public to be sent to an email address provided below. Under the Open Government Partnership rules, Spain should hold a full consultation with civil society on the new action plan, something which did not happen with the first action plan in April 2012. To date only a very limited consultation is being planned, with distribution to

Second OGP National Action Plan by the Spanish Government open to public consultation2018-11-13T10:11:51+01:00

Access Info Europe leads panel about open government in the OGP Regional Meeting in Dublin

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Madrid, 30 April 2014 – Access Info Europe is coordinating a panel on ‘Open Government: standards and indicators for measuring progress’, as part of the Open Government Partnership Regional Meeting in Europe, which will take place in Dublin on 8 and 9 May. Effectively measuring and evaluating open government has been a challenge for the OGP since its launch in 2011. Proposals such as the Open Government Standards, the Open Government Guide, and other initiatives and instruments have aimed to provide benchmarks and guidance for the evaluation of national action plan commitments. What are the current guidelines and standards for

Access Info Europe leads panel about open government in the OGP Regional Meeting in Dublin2018-11-13T10:11:51+01:00

Debate abierto: Apoyamos un registro de lobby obligatorio, dicen candidatos al parlamento europeo

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Madrid, miércoles 24 de abril 2014 - Su apoyo a un registro de lobby en la Unión Europea ha sido el mensaje de los candidatos al Parlamento Europeo en el debate abierto sobre transparencia y regulación del lobby celebrado en Madrid ayer, día 23 de abril, por Access Info Europe. Este evento dió una oportunidad única a los ciudadanos para hacer preguntas directamente a los candidatos, bien de manera presencial o bien a través de Twitter. Las respuestas demostaron las diferencias de opinión entre los candidatos veteranos, Salvador Garriga (PP) y Enrique Guerrero (PSOE), ambos eurodiputados en activo, y los

Debate abierto: Apoyamos un registro de lobby obligatorio, dicen candidatos al parlamento europeo2018-11-13T10:11:51+01:00

Parliament issues strong call for EU lobby transparency register to become mandatory

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Parliament issues strong call for EU lobby transparency register to become mandatory » Strongly-worded resolution first shot in battle with Commission over weak voluntary register Brussels, 15 April 2014 – The report approved by MEPs today gives an important signal to the European Commission that a far more ambitious approach is needed to secure genuine lobby transparency in the EU. The European Parliament resolution makes a clear and explicit call upon the Commission to prepare a legislative proposal for a mandatory register, setting a deadline of 2016. It also asks the Commission to, in the meantime, introduce ambitious measures to

Parliament issues strong call for EU lobby transparency register to become mandatory2018-11-13T10:11:51+01:00

Over 40 MEPs from across the political spectrum pledge to stand-up for citizens and democracy against excessive corporate lobbying

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Over 40 MEPs from across the political spectrum pledge to stand-up for citizens and democracy against excessive corporate lobbying Madrid/Brussels, 15 April 2014 – Today, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), AK EUROPA (Brussels office of the Austrian Chamber of Labour) & ÖGB Europabüro (Brussels office of the Austrian Trade Union Federation), together with a broad coalition of civil society organisations from across Europe, are launching their campaign to urge candidates for the upcoming European elections to “stand-up for citizens and democracy against the excessive lobbying influence of banks and big business”. [1] Prominent

Over 40 MEPs from across the political spectrum pledge to stand-up for citizens and democracy against excessive corporate lobbying2018-11-13T10:11:51+01:00

Access Info Europe challenges lack of transparency in Spain at European Court of Human Rights

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Madrid, 14 April 2014 - Access Info Europe today presented a case against Spain at the European Court of Human Rights challenging the refusal to recognise a right of access to information following a seven-year legal battle to obtain information from the Ministry of Justice about anti-corruption measures. The case has been presented to the Strasbourg Court after Spain’s Constitutional Court last year rejected an appeal based on the freedom of expression provisions of the Constitution (Article 20.1.a) and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. “In a country plagued by corruption scandals, the failure to recognise a

Access Info Europe challenges lack of transparency in Spain at European Court of Human Rights2018-11-13T10:11:52+01:00

Civil society call on Irish Government to commit to dropping access to information fees as part of Ireland’s 1st OGP action plan

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Dublin, 14 April 2014 - Ireland's first Open Government Partneship (OGP) action plan should contain a commitment to abolish fees for making access to information requests according to civil society in an open letter to the Irish Minister for Reform, Brendan Howlin. The letter follows campaigning in late 2013 to get fees abolished, and has been published given the upcoming OGP European Regional Meeting to take place in Dublin on 8-9 May. The letter, signed by Access Info Europe and 28 other civil society organisations and over 40 individuals, more specifically challenges the charging of up-front fees for FOI requests

Civil society call on Irish Government to commit to dropping access to information fees as part of Ireland’s 1st OGP action plan2018-11-13T10:11:52+01:00

You are invited to participate in an open debate about transparency and lobby influence in Europe with European Parliament candidates

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You are invited to participate in an open debate about transparency and lobby influence in Europe with European Parliament candidates Madrid, 10 April 2014 – As a part of the campaign , Access Info has organised an open debate on Wednesday 23 April on the European elections. The event will take place at the Press Association of Madrid (Asociación de la prensa de Madrid) with the participation (to be confirmed) of European election candidates from Popular Party, Socialist Party (PSOE), Union for Progress and Democracy, United Left, Equo and representatives of other parties. Candidates will discuss the issues of transparency,

You are invited to participate in an open debate about transparency and lobby influence in Europe with European Parliament candidates2018-11-13T10:11:52+01:00

Spanish institutions ignored 57% of access to information requests during 2013, the ‘year of transparency’

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» Administrative silence increased with respect to 2012 despite the fact institutions should be working already to meet the requirements of the new law » Only 13% of requests received the information asked for » Whilst Spanish Autonomous Communities were better at responding, municipalities and other local levels ignored 81% of requests made – an increase of more than 11% compared to the previous year » Access Info Europe and Fundación Ciudadana Civio present the Tuderechoasaber.es Report 2013, analysing access to information requests sent to Spanish institutions Madrid, 9 April 2014 – In 2013, the year the Spanish Transparency Law

Spanish institutions ignored 57% of access to information requests during 2013, the ‘year of transparency’2018-11-13T10:11:53+01:00
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