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You did it! In 15 days we raised over €10,000
Madrid, 30 January 2013 — A massive public response to Access Info’s January fundraising campaign brought in a little over €10,000 in mostly modest donations from members of the public. A big “Thank You” from the Access Info Europe team!
Help us pay the €3000 costs for defending the right to information!
Madrid, 11 January 2013 – Access Info today launched a campaign to raise €3000 for costs it has to pay to the Spanish government after the Supreme Court ruled that the pro-transparency NGO does not have the right to ask what the Spanish government is doing to fight corruption. Access Info has lost a last appeal against the costs imposed
NGOs challenge Spanish government secrecy on location of GMO crops as a violation of European Union law
Madrid, 17 December 2012 – Friends of the Earth (Spain) and Access Info Europe today (17 December 2012) presented a request for information calling on the Spanish Government to reveal the location of field with genetically modified maize which it is keeping secret in violation of EU law. The request was submitted via the website tuderechasaber.es (“your right to know”)
Clear the smoke in Brussels – demand lobbying transparency now!
Clear the smoke in Brussels – demand lobbying transparency now! A major lobbying scandal has been unraveling in Brussels after one of the European Commission’s top officials was forced to resign following allegations of cash-for-influence. The tobacco industry claimed they’d been asked for tens of millions of euros by a lobbyist linked to health commissioner, John Dalli, in exchange for
Participation, ethics and transparency: what citizens want from Brussels
Participation, ethics and transparency: What citizens want from Brussels Brussels, 17 November 2012 – The European Union is ever more important in influencing the laws and policies that affect more than 500 million europeans. Yet very few know about our european representatives and the influence of interest groups upon them. Therefore, various organisations around Europe, including Access Info Europe, Friends
Sí saben, pero no contestan
A pesar de la inminente puesta en marcha de una ley de acceso a la información pública, el informe del primer cuatrimestre de actividad en ‘Tu Derecho A Saber‘ pone de manifiesto que, en la práctica, existen graves problemas de transparencia en España. Este primer informe, revela que la mayoría de las solicitudes no obtienen respuesta, o ésta es incompleta.
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