Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-12-Speech-3-168"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Access to documents as implemented by Council and Commission2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011212.5.3-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-12-Speech-3-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Ioannis Marinos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2000-09-04--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I am sorry that my comments have to be directed at Commissioner Barnier, whom I hold in the highest regard, because my complaint applies to a different Commissioner. As a member of the Committee on Petitions, and to follow on from what Mr Perry has already said, I should point out that this is not the first time the Commission has refused to divulge the contents of documents and other records which we need to see if we are to draw the right conclusions and make the right decisions in cases where European citizens have taken recourse to the European Parliament. This refusal on the part of the Commission infringes, in my view, the principle of transparency and hampers the Committee on Petitions in its work. The main excuse for the Commission's refusal is that the information and documents requested would disclose sensitive personal data. The merits of this contention are contested both by the Committee on Petitions and the European Ombudsman. To give you an example, the Commission refuses to give us the names of the representatives of a professional organisation whom it consulted and who, it appeared, influenced its decision. We deny that this is how personal data is protected and are worried that a possibly less than transparent deal is being hushed up. Mr Perry also referred to the Lloyd´s affair. I have to tell you that this hush-up conceals bankrupt companies, a great deal of human misery and several suicides, which is why the report by the chairman of the Committee on Petitions, Mr Gemelli, which Plenary adopted today, calls for the powers and efficiency of the Committee on Petitions to be enhanced so that petitioners can obtain justice promptly and avert irreparable damage, for example to the environment or cultural monuments."@en1

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