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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendment: Now Even Airplane Pilots Are Complaining.

The amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (IFG), which became known on Thursday after the coalition committee, even evokes criticism from an unexpected direction: The plans of the federal government are "a serious attack on state transparency and democratic control", says a statement of the pilots' association Cockpit, which was circulated on Friday. Anyone who wants to make access to official information dependent on an "legitimate intere…

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The Federal Government's reform package, by the way, undermines the law on freedom of information, thereby harming democracy, and itself.

·Germany
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Increased need for protection in countering espionage and critical infrastructures: The Federal Government plans stricter rules for information requests. What does this mean for civil rights - and the control of state action?

·Frankfurt, Germany
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The Federal Government's proposed amendment to the Freedom of Information Act is met with unusual resistance: the pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit speaks of a serious attack on state transparency – and warns against a de facto degenerated right to information.

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The amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (IFG), which became known on Thursday after the coalition committee, even evokes criticism from an unexpected direction: The plans of the federal government are "a serious attack on state transparency and democratic control", says a statement of the pilots' association Cockpit, which was circulated on Friday. Anyone who wants to make access to official information dependent on an "legitimate intere…

The planned IFG reform would massively reduce state transparency, FragDenState CEO Arne Semsrott warns.

·Germany
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Frankfurter Allgemeine broke the news in Frankfurt, Germany on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
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