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Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act

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Re: Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act

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Post by flossly »

fransje26 wrote: post #108
flossly wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Denmark? The Swiss? Norway? And I was in Serbia lately, and while it was not as developed as NW-EU, nobody there described it as decaying (and many said they experiences decay when living in western nations over the past 2 decades).

> And I was in Serbia lately [..] With OP postulating that it is to enable corruption, and a sub-reply affirming that it is therefore the trait of a country in decay, bringing in Serbia as a counter-example is hilarious. Serbia ranks 116th in the corruption perception index, Germany 10th. (Lower is better)

I was replying to the word "decay", not to the corruption situation. Probably they are related, but certainly not the same.

Re: Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act

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Post by cassepipe »

artirdx wrote: post #196
inigyou wrote: post #192

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They could vote for any other non-mainstream party? Even FDP (libertarians) would be a better choice than AfD.

FDP is unreliable. Twice they walked away from governance responsibility. Olaf Schulz Government fell down because of them. Moreover they don’t have any agenda worth voting. Greens could be a choice because they had an effective leader in Haebeck and good governance story in a state. But they need to get practical and stop opposing nuclear. Die Linke is coming up with all sorts of right messages for middle-class but…

> that their pension is lower than social benefits received by refugees

This is a wild claim.

People recognized as refugees get exactly the same welfare as german citizens. Asylum seekers gets less than that and get it partly in kind. Older people who would find themselves with a pension that is too low (because of a short career ?) then they can benefit from social welfare too, like others.

I get your general point but maybe if you want to avoid AfD coming to power don't spread their lies ?

Re: Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act

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Post by philipwhiuk »

vintermann wrote: post #9
philipwhiuk wrote: post #4

I'm not really sure I buy the alarm on restricting FoI requests to German citizens and EU citizens in Germany. Should a random US citizen be able to ask a random Germany government official for data? Why?

It excludes organisations and increases fees. So, if say Amnesty or Greenpeace (two NGOs opposing this act) want to FoI something, they have to get a German citizen to do it for them, possibly at considerable expense - and you bet if they try to compensate them, it'll be "foreign interference" and an excuse for suppression. Like GDPR, the existence of FoI laws give government agencies a reason to develop systems to q…

> It excludes organisations and increases fees. So, if say Amnesty or Greenpeace (two NGOs opposing this act) want to FoI something, they have to get a German citizen to do it for them,

If Amnesty aren't interested in setting up a German chapter maybe they shouldn't get involved in German affairs?

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