A tough, years-long battle has come to an end for the time being. On Thursday, the federal government will present a draft of the Freedom of Information Act, including an extensive end to official secrecy.
An Austrian absurdity must be shelved. Turquoise-Green apparently wants to demonstrate or train action strength in recent months. The opposition was informed on Wednesday afternoon. The presentation of the bill will be presented to the parliamentary groups for the first time on Thursday. Then you go public.
Until recently, negotiations took place with the municipalities about the extent to which citizens were allowed to request information. Critics fear enormous administrative efforts. One draft provided that communities with fewer than 10,000 residents were exempt from the active publication requirement. However, the Greens wanted national regulations. Constitutional Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) recently described the end of official secrecy as a “paradigm change”.
Source: Krone
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