nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ef33ec3f6449ae88 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240503s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ef33ec3f6449ae88 doi eng 342 23 Vidal Marti, Neus Author aut Why Europe Needs a Harmonised Access to Information Act Vidal Marti, Neus Verfassungsblog 2024-05-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier May the 3rd marks press freedom day around the world. Today, many articles and editorials will be published across Europe, highlighting the need to put an end to threats faced by journalists in Member States. While all these pan-European threats certainly need to be tackled, one fundamental pan-European crisis faced by journalists across the continent remains widely ignored: the difficulties to access information held by public authorities and the disparities among Member States when requesting data. This article aims to review the current situation of the right to request information from public bodies in EU Member States and offers a proposal that opens the door to discussing the possibility of harmonising such a right through the internal market competence. CC BY-SA 4.0 Europe Freedom of Press Information Act Press (DE-588)10289268-4 gnd Press Kraetzig, Viktoria Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-europe-needs-a-harmonised-access-to-information-act/ raw object