Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-13-Speech-2-364"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Illegal bird hunting in Malta (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070313.26.2-364"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-13-Speech-2-3652
lpv:speaker	lp:Louis Grech2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; REGI (2007-01-31--2008-11-06)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit Laburista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2008-11-18)3
lpv:translated text	"We believe that all the Member States’ governments, including Malta’s, are obliged to ensure that environmental regulations, including those on hunting, conform to the Union’s directives, accession treaties and every other treaty that was signed. We also agree that the authorities’ duty is to ensure that these directives and laws are observed by everyone, and we cannot in any way condone the practice of illegal hunting. To this end, one of the amendments proposed by the Socialist Group in the European Parliament requests a more transparent approach and proposes that the Commission and the Maltese Government publish their technical positions on the subject, including the minutes of the decisions taken in meetings that have taken place or that will take place. This becomes more relevant if one recalls that, before Malta’s accession to the European Union, the Maltese Government had stated that, together with the European Commission, it had negotiated a derogation regarding the issue of spring hunting. Although other political forces and the civil society sector had expressed serious concerns regarding the Maltese government’s interpretation of the use of this derogation, the European Commission chose, for reasons known only to itself, to keep silent and adopt an ambiguous stance. Unfortunately, this has only added to further confusion over the matter. Had there, at the time, been more transparency on both sides, this would have led to less ambivalence and less likelihood of Maltese society being unjustly burdened with financial repercussions. This is also a credibility issue."@en1

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