Why Europe Needs a Harmonised Access to Information Act Vidal Marti, Neus Author aut Kraetzig, Viktoria Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-05-03 eng
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 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 Vidal Marti, Neus Europe Freedom of Press Information Act Press Press 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/why-europe-needs-a-harmonised-access-to-information-act/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/ef33ec3f6449ae88 240503 10.59704/ef33ec3f6449ae88 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)