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.
 
Freedom of information is a human right according to UN. (see Appendix: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/020313un.htm)

How about the acknowledgment of "inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world" according to
Article 1 (2) of the German constitution (see: http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/gm00000_.html#A001) ?

Therefore I am preparing a constitutional complaint to the German Constitutional Court (see: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/v-klage_en.htm)

I would like to ask you to consider to reactivate
plans from 1993
to give EU cintizens freedom of information in member states.
 
Sincerely, 
 
Walter Keim
Support freedom of information: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/foi.htm, http://wkeim.bplaced.net/020313un.htm, http://wkeim.bplaced.net/v-klage_en.htm
Support patients rights: http://wkeim.bplaced.net/patients.htm#e-mail

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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FOI laws in EuropeFreedom of Information in European ConstitutionsFreedom of information came 1766 to Sweden, 1951 to Finland1966 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.

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