Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-16-Speech-4-032"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public access to documents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001116.2.4-032"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-16-Speech-4-0332
lpv:speaker	lp:Sir Graham Watson2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I thank Mr Cashman for his assiduous and inspired work in committee. Freedom of information and a culture of open and transparent administration are powerful tools for better government and for rooting out corruption and malpractice. Since it was Mr Prodi who presented proposals to us in January, we had hoped he would be here to reply to this debate. Indeed the Commission has maintained a curious silence throughout our deliberations, but we look forward to the Commissioner's remarks this morning. Mr Solana in the Council has made an audacious bid to be crowned the prince of darkness. But once this report is voted on today, Parliament will stand ready to negotiate with the Commission and the Council a code which will cause citizens to blink in the bright Strasbourg sunshine. Publication must be our presumption and the onus placed squarely on those who seek to withhold it. It is grotesque that in the European Union national governments make public policy behind a heavy curtain of secrecy. The freedom of information act foreseen in Article 255 will rip it asunder."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2002-01-15)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Watson (ELDR )."1

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