Luxembourg – In the Making of a General Right of Access to Information
by Annelies VandendriesscheOn May 2nd 2016, on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, the Luxembourgish journalists’ associations seized the opportunity to highlight the need for a right of access to information in Luxembourg.[1]
Based on a legislative proposal submitted to the Chamber of Deputies by its Prime Minister in May 2015,[2] Luxembourg is currently considering the creation of a general right of access to administrative documents, an important step towards fulfilling the government’s Open Government agenda for increasing State transparency.[3]
The government believes that transparent administration and decision-making processes strengthen the ties of trust between a State and its citizens,…
