DE: Higher Regional Court on the coverage of press reports in a municipal newsletter
Cristina Bachmeier
On 27 January 2016, the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht – OLG) of Stuttgart decided that a municipal newsletter can violate the constitutional rule of political freedom of the press. In the proceedings between a newspaper publisher and a local authority, the Court had to decide on the scope of the permissible reporting in a newsletter of the municipality. In the present case, the Court held that the municipal newsletter in question violates the principle of political freedom of the press.
Art. 5 of the German Constitution provides political freedom of the press, while Art. 20 of the Municipal Code…
