Walter Keim
Torshaugv. 2 C
N-7020 Trondheim, 30.4.2002
E-mail: walter.keim@gmail.com
Mr Romano Prodi
President of the Commission
European Commission
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Baden-Württemberg votes against freedom of information
Sir,
please find the negative
decision on
freedom of information of the parliament of
the Land of Baden-Württemberg here: (Appendix: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/petition_bw.htm#antwort)
I have commented the decision here: (Appendix: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/020424bw.htm)
One of the reasons of the decision is that freedom of information
would cost too much for the state. Another reason is, that
there are few complaints about the lack of freedom of information.
(Does this make sence? How should costs be high, if people at the
moment do not complain about the lack)But how should Germans get to
know about freedom of information, if the Land Baden-Württemberg
refuses to translate recommendations of the Council of Europe? The
reason these
recommendations are not translated is again siad to be costs.
Sincerely,
24 May
2002: The Commissions answer
PS: This letter got nr. A (2002) 883311 in the register
of President's correspondence. You can find it by specifying Keim
as Sender's name
and pressing the Search bottom.
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Freedom
of information came 1766
to
Sweden, 1951
to Finland, 1966
to den USA and 1970
to
Norway. In 1981 the Council of Europe gave "Recommendation
No. R (81) 19" on the access to information held by
public authorities. Since then both EU and nearly all countries
in the EU and Europe adopted such laws. However citizen rights in
member states vary and there are no minimum standards. In order
to keep up with the international development freedom of
information should be strengthened in EU member states.