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27 Mar 2018

Access Info recurre la sentencia que limita el derecho de acceso a información elaborada exclusivamente por organismos públicos

2018-11-13T10:06:27+01:00

Madrid, 27 de marzo de 2017 – Access Info Europe ha recurrido esta semana la sentencia del Juzgado Central de lo contencioso-administrativo que deniega acceso a las actas del Consejo de Centro Europeo de Biología Molecular, solicitadas por Access Info. El Tribunal, en contra del criterio previo del Consejo de Transparencia y confirmando la denegación inicial del Ministerio de Economía, ha resuelto que debe ser el Centro Europeo de Biología Molecular (EMBL en sus siglas en inglés) quien decida sobre el acceso sobre las actas y los documentos relacionados con las reuniones ya que han sido generados íntegramente por éste.

Access Info recurre la sentencia que limita el derecho de acceso a información elaborada exclusivamente por organismos públicos2018-11-13T10:06:27+01:00
23 Mar 2018

The General Court of the European Union rules in favour of greater openness of the EU legislative process

2018-11-13T10:03:04+01:00

Madrid, 23 March 2018 – Access Info has welcomed the 22 March 2018 judgment of the General Court of the European Union in the case of De Capitani v Parliament, a ruling in favour of legislative transparency. The Court found that the European Parliament was wrong when, in 2016, it denied Emilio De Capitani, a former senior official at the Parliament, access to documents produced in the EU’s secretive, informal, “trilogue” negotiations between the Council, Commission, and Parliament. The General Court emphasised that “openness strengthens democracy by allowing scrutiny of the legislative process” and that “the possibility for citizens to

The General Court of the European Union rules in favour of greater openness of the EU legislative process2018-11-13T10:03:04+01:00
2 Mar 2018

European Commission starts publishing travel expenses proactively

2019-11-04T17:11:42+01:00

Madrid, 2 March 2018 – Access Info Europe has welcomed today the start of proactive publication of EU Commissioners travel expenses as a positive step towards greater transparency and accountability of spending of public funds. Proactive publication of this information had been a crucial demand of Access Info, which has led a campaign for greater transparency of travel expenses since 2014. Finally, in September 2017 the European Commission had announced changes to Commissioners’ code of conduct that would require publication of these expenses every two months. Since Wednesday (28 February 2018), the information is publicly available online, although it’s not

European Commission starts publishing travel expenses proactively2019-11-04T17:11:42+01:00
26 Feb 2018

Tres años de la Ley de transparencia: perspectiva de una activista

2018-11-13T10:06:27+01:00

[Artículo publicado en el Número 5 de la Revista Española de la Transparencia] Alba Gutiérrez, Coordinadora de campañas Madrid, 26 de febrero de 2018 - El derecho de acceso a la información es esencial para la democracia y para el ejercicio de otros derechos básicos de las personas. Entre las finalidades y objetivos de la transparencia está el que los ciudadanos podamos conocer cómo se toman las decisiones o bajo qué criterios actúan nuestras instituciones. Sólo con un completo conocimiento de la información relevante es posible enjuiciar propuestas, formular alternativas y exigir una rendición de cuentas sobre cómo

Tres años de la Ley de transparencia: perspectiva de una activista2018-11-13T10:06:27+01:00
13 Feb 2018

Greater transparency of Council legislative process, fundamental for representative democracy, says European Ombudsman

2018-11-13T10:03:04+01:00

Madrid, 13 February 2018 – Access Info today welcomed the European Ombudsman recommendation that the Council of the European Union increase transparency of its legislative process in order to guarantee citizens’ right to hold their elected representatives to account and to participate in the democratic life of the EU. Two main findings of the Ombudsman’s inquiry into transparency of the Council, to which Access Info submitted a series of proposals in December 2017, are that the Council’s systematic failure to record the names of Member States along with their positions on legislative matters constitutes maladministration, and that there is over-classification

Greater transparency of Council legislative process, fundamental for representative democracy, says European Ombudsman2018-11-13T10:03:04+01:00
8 Feb 2018

Secrecy over international relations trumps transparency of EU-Turkey deal

2019-11-07T10:28:33+01:00

Madrid, 8 February 2018 - The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the public does not have the right to access the European Commission’s legal advice on the March 2016 EU-Turkey agreement on returning migrants and asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey. The Commission had applied a series of exceptions to documents requested by Access Info Europe, documents that the court process revealed included late night emails between high level public officials discussing legal and political aspects of the controversial deal. The judgments shed further light on the scope and application by the EU Commission of the

Secrecy over international relations trumps transparency of EU-Turkey deal2019-11-07T10:28:33+01:00
2 Feb 2018

European Commission formalises commitment to public travel expenses

2018-11-13T10:03:05+01:00

Madrid, 2 February 2018 - The European Commission has formalised its commitment, first pledged in September 2017, to make public the travel expenses of the Commissioners: on 31 January 2018 the new Code of Conduct for the Members of the European Commission was published and it confirms that mission expenses will be published every two months. This commitment in the new Code of Conduct comes exactly one year since, on 27 January 2017, Access Info launched a public campaign calling for publication of the Commissioners’ travel expenses. The campaign attracted media coverage, over both the lack of transparency and –

European Commission formalises commitment to public travel expenses2018-11-13T10:03:05+01:00
3 Ene 2018

Access Info calls for greater transparency of Council of the EU in submission to European Ombudsman

2018-11-13T10:03:05+01:00

Madrid, 3 January 2018 – Access Info has recommended that the Council of the European Union significantly increase transparency of the legislative process, in particular by providing the public with details on the positions that EU Member States take in negotiations on legislation. These recommendations were submitted to the European Ombudsman’s consultation held as part of her enquiry into transparency of the Council, which is based in large part on the case of Council v. Access Info Europe, won by Access Info on 17 October 2013, in which the Court of Justice of the EU established the right of the

Access Info calls for greater transparency of Council of the EU in submission to European Ombudsman2018-11-13T10:03:05+01:00
20 Dic 2017

European Ombudsman Decision: Commission should stop requiring requesters to provide postal addresses

2018-11-13T09:38:35+01:00

Madrid, 20 December 2017 – In response to a complaint by Access Info Europe, the European Ombudsman has concluded that the European Commission’s practice of verifying the identity of persons making requests for access to documents by asking for their postal addresses is “disrespectful of citizens and their fundamental rights under the EU Charter” and constitutes "maladministration". The Ombudsman's formal Decision dismisses the Commission's arguments that its April 2014 postal addresses policy is necessary to prevent “abuse of the right to public access” as well as to ensure “legal certainty” in delivering answers, arguments that the Ombudsman says she "considers

European Ombudsman Decision: Commission should stop requiring requesters to provide postal addresses2018-11-13T09:38:35+01:00
11 Dic 2017

Las Actas del Consejo de Ministros publicadas por primera vez en España

2018-11-13T10:06:28+01:00

Madrid, 11 de diciembre de 2017 – Tras varios meses de investigación y solicitudes de acceso a la información, Access Info Europe, en colaboración con el periodista Jesús Escudero, publica la práctica totalidad de las Actas del Consejo de Ministros entre 1996 y 2017; una información de gran relevancia para saber cómo se toman las decisiones y que facilita la rendición de cuentas. Coincidiendo con el tercer aniversario de la entrada en vigor de la Ley de transparencia, por primera vez en España, cualquier persona puede conocer los asuntos tratados y los acuerdos alcanzados en el órgano colegiado del Gobierno

Las Actas del Consejo de Ministros publicadas por primera vez en España2018-11-13T10:06:28+01:00
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