Fr. 30 Okt. 2026

Rolling Back the Right to Access Public Information? From Germany to Europe

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Freedom of information is a cornerstone of the rule of law, yet across Europe the right to access public information is increasingly under pressure. This panel brings together investigative journalists and leading access to information experts from Germany and across Europe to examine what is at stake when governments restrict access to official documents. Using the German case as a starting point, the discussion will place these developments in a broader European context, exploring emerging threats to transparency, efforts to strengthen access rights and why freedom of information remains essential to holding power to account.

The panel discussion is open to the public. 
To register, please send an email with your name to the email address provided below.

reconstitution(at)trafo-berlin.de

in collaboration with the Seek Initiative at Publix with:

- Alexander Fanta, Follow the Money

- Daniel Drepper, Harvard University & Netzwerk Recherche

- Emily O'Reilly, former EU Ombudsperson & re:constitution Advisory Board member

- Noémi Fanni Molnár, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, K-Monitor, the Streetlawyer Association & re:constitution Alumna

- Viktoria Kraetzig, Guestprofessor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & re:constitution Alumna

- Neus Vidal Martí, the Seek Initiative & re:constitution Advisory Board member (Moderator)

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