Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-11-Speech-3-015"
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"Mr President, I accept Commissioner Vitorino’s call for citizens to be informed. The problem is what information are we to give? We heard the President-in-Office of the Council give us some amazing statistics in relation to the transparency of the Council’s work, tens of thousands of documents. It is a pity that there is one statistic missing from those documents and that is the position of individual Member States, which is not a statistic of any note but it is an essential one in terms of the democratic process. It is not by chance that it is then stated – somewhat light-heartedly, in my opinion – that the European arrest warrant has already been approved by eight Member States. How, though? A document approved unanimously during a lunch break, without debate, not yet implemented, subsequently comes to be taken almost for granted, as if it were already part of the de facto procedures of this Institution.
There is absolutely no reference whatsoever to
although for six months the Italian Presidency has reminded us that in the field of judicial cooperation the concept of
is a pillar on which citizens can rely. Not one word! Next, as regards Europol, the Presidency affirms that the protocol is a step forward: but that protocol denies what Parliament has been requesting for years, that is to say democratic control. In addition, the French and British Members are currently opposed to such a Community position on Europol.
Confronted with all this we should like to inform citizens. Yes, but about what?"@en1
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