Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-03-Speech-1-163"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Openness of meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity - Access to the institutions documents - (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060403.12.1-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-03-Speech-1-1662
lpv:speaker	lp:Jules Maaten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-02-14)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"The Austrian Presidency must, as a matter of priority, throw open the meetings of the Council of Ministers to the public. This House, as co-legislator, meets and votes in public, and all meeting documents are posted on the Internet. This allows everyone, all organisations, media and national politicians to keep an eye on us if they so wish. I cannot see why the Council cannot do likewise. The Council conclusions of 21 December 2005 on this subject lack boldness in this respect. It is precisely in those areas where the Council decides only by unanimous assent that it is important that both the vote and the debate take place in public. Only in that way can we put an end to the backroom deals. That is not difficult, since not even a change in the Treaty is required to open up Council meetings. All that is required is a change in the Council’s Rules of Procedure. It is no longer appropriate for the Council to keep taking most of its decisions behind closed doors. Moreover, access to documents of the institutions must be improved. The European citizens who rejected the Constitutional Treaty in the summer of 2005 have demonstrated the need for a more transparent and more democratic Union."@en1

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