Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-18-Speech-4-021"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Activities of the European Ombudsman (2003)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041118.4.4-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-18-Speech-4-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Marcin Libicki2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 chair; PETI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-10-28--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Mr Ombudsman, ladies and gentlemen, I have taken the floor not only on behalf of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group, but also as Chairman of the Committee on Petitions. Extremely close cooperation exists between the Ombudsman and the Committee on Petitions, as both these institutions deal directly with citizens’ concerns, as well as contacting citizens directly and being directly contacted by citizens. Nowadays, it is often said that EU institutions are removed from the life of citizens. When the public feels that it has no connection with what is happening in the European Union, the office of Ombudsman and the Committee on Petitions are institutions to which all citizens can turn with their concerns and be sure that these concerns will be dealt with, or at least that they will receive a satisfactory explanation. Citizens’ problems are of paramount importance, and the roles played by the Ombudsman and the Committee on Petitions are therefore also of great significance. We cooperate very closely with the Ombudsman, and believe he does a very good job. As well as cooperation between the Ombudsman and the Committee on Petitions, cooperation also exists with this House in the case of extremely important matters, including those which Parliament examines on the initiative of the Ombudsman and those upon which the Committee on Petitions has given an opinion. It has now become abundantly clear that the role played by the Ombudsman, an institution set up in opposition, so to speak, to the other institutions, is a fundamental one. Today we are examining the report for the year 2003, upon which Mr De Rossa has spoken on behalf of our committee. We have a very high opinion of the Ombudsman’s work. I should merely like to add that, for obvious reasons, the institution of ombudsman never used to exist in Communist countries. It was only as Communism declined, in its final days, that the post of ombudsman was created in Poland. This post is gaining greater authority in my homeland with every parliamentary term. It was also a pleasure for me to hear that Mrs Reding, the Commission representative, once held the post that it is my privilege to hold today."@en1

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