Freedom of Information

Malta is now one of only three European Union countries without a proper freedom of information law. A law that gives access to public information is finally being implemented in Germany:

The German Parliament (Bundestag) has completed the first reading of a new freedom of information law on 17 December 2004. Germany and Switzerland are the only 2 major Western European member states of the Council of Europe without such a law on accessibility of governmental acts and decision making. Within the EU, only Cyprus, Malta and Luxemburg lack this kind of legislation. The German green-red coalition cabinet promised to send such a proposal to the Lower House immediately after the summer recess.

'Freedom of Information under Maltese law' - a paper by Kevin Aquilina (pdf file)