Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-06-Speech-4-032"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Committee on Petitions – European Ombudsman2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.3.4-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I want to welcome Mr Söderman this morning and to congratulate Mrs Lambert and Mrs Thors for their reports. The reality of our society is that if governments and administrations had their way they would never appoint Petitions Committees or Ombudsmen. By nature they tend to be secretive. They are only there because the citizens and their public representatives demand them and defend them when they are there. Therefore, it is important that we continue to demand that the Ombudsman's office and the Petitions Committee of Parliament are adequately resourced. One way of choking off the effectiveness of the Ombudsman's office and the Petitions Committee is to deny them adequate resources. In Parliament it is disgraceful that the Petitions Committee, the single most important direct contact that the citizen has with this institution and with the other institutions of the European Union, is treated the way it is treated. It does not have adequate secretarial assistance. It is treated abominably in relation to translations, which are down at the bottom of the list. It is simply not good enough. I would appeal to the Commission and to the Council if they were here – they ignore the Petitions Committee, as well as ignoring Parliament – to give the resources that are necessary for these bodies to do their job. The Petitions Committee in particular is an important mechanism of access for the people of Europe. It is important that we ensure that it can do its work effectively. The two most important issues that come before the Petitions Committee are the recognition of people's qualifications to work in other Member States and the environmental impact of construction development. In particular, people are concerned that environment impact studies, which are required under EU law, are treated as having no more worth than the paper they are written on. They are either ignored or they do not address the real issues."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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