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3 Jul 2018

European Parliament leaders vote against spending transparency

2020-01-29T10:40:48+01:00

Madrid, 3 July 2018 – Access Info condemns the move by the European Parliament to keep secret details how Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) spend their general expenditure allowance, a lump sum amount of €4,342 per month. The vote on the evening of 2 July by the Bureau of the European Parliament, a body of 14 senior MEPs, which oversees budget and administration matters, voted down a proposal to increase transparency around the General Expenditure Allowance (GEA), which would have resulted in requiring receipts to be kept and checked and unspent funds to be returned. The 2 July

European Parliament leaders vote against spending transparency2020-01-29T10:40:48+01:00
28 Jun 2018

Montenegro: Analysis of 2017 amendments finds that they seriously undermine the Law on Free Access to Information

2020-01-29T11:14:13+01:00

Access Info and MANS call for a working group on reform of the law, possibly as part of Montenegro’s re-established OGP process Madrid/Podgorica, 28 June 2018: Access Info Europe and MANS today called on the Montenegrin government to undo its 2017 amendments to Law on Free Access to Information (originally adopted in 2006) in order to bring it back into line with international standards. In an analysis of the Law also launched today, Access Info and MANS signalled that a particular concern is Article 1, newly added in 2017, which contains a series of class exclusions such

Montenegro: Analysis of 2017 amendments finds that they seriously undermine the Law on Free Access to Information2020-01-29T11:14:13+01:00
25 Apr 2018

Acuerdo México-UE: contrastes informativos… salvo en derechos humanos

2018-11-13T09:41:08+01:00

Proceso | 25/04/2018 Spanish - El sábado 21 fue anunciado un acuerdo de principio en la renegociación del tratado comercial entre México y la Unión Europea (UE). Hasta este miércoles 25, la manera en que cada una de las partes había comunicado a sus ciudadanos los resultados de ese proceso de negociación –comenzado hace dos años– exhibió dos culturas informativas y de rendición de cuentas desiguales. Read more...

Acuerdo México-UE: contrastes informativos… salvo en derechos humanos2018-11-13T09:41:08+01:00
12 Apr 2018

Helen Darbishire: “Right of access to information is one of the instruments to defend democracy”

2018-11-13T09:41:09+01:00

Legal Dialogue| 12/04/2018 English - Citizens have a right to know how their money is being spent by governments, investigative journalists have a right to obtain information for their investigations, civil society organizations are fighting to get better access to data around Europe—all of them are exercising the old European right of access to information. Read more...

Helen Darbishire: “Right of access to information is one of the instruments to defend democracy”2018-11-13T09:41:09+01:00
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