Spain finally falls into line

Published on 16 August 2010 at 10:43

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In its enthusiastic report on a law to "regulate citizens’ right to know", El País welcomes new legislation on transparency and citizens’ access to information, which will be presented for preliminary approval to the Spanish parliament next Friday. The daily hails that "for the first time in Spain, the law will recognise the right of citizens to access public documents" produced by government and by private individuals conducting public service missions. Once the bill has been passed, Spain will fall into line with "a majority of European countries" that have already adopted transparency laws in accordance with the provisions of the Council of Europe’s Convention on Access to Official Documents signed in 2008.

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