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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030409.4.3-089"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-09-Speech-3-0902
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". It is striking that the initiatives of the Member States’ governments are often aimed at keeping information secret, at screening off their fellow countrymen from ‘dignitaries’, and at other phenomena that we thought had finally been consigned to the past. Particularly after the attacks in New York on 11 September 2001, the fear of terrorism was so great that all kinds of suggestions were made which had no place in a democracy. Fortunately, the panic has peaked, and such authoritarian initiatives are often rejected by a majority of this Parliament. In this case, the Danish Government is suggesting limiting free access to documents and not giving Parliament the necessary say in respect of Europol’s budget. The opportunities for control by the national parliaments are also not being reinforced. Even the director of Europol is of the opinion that democratic control is inadequate, but the Council does not want to change that. The Council must get out of that habit. The rejection of the Danish initiative in the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs was therefore the first step in the right direction."@en1

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