Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-06-11-Speech-1-102-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public consultations and their availability in all EU languages (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120611.20.1-102-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-06-11-Speech-1-103-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Claeys2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is quite simply normal and self-evident that public consultation documents should be available in all the official languages of the European Union. Really, it should not be necessary for the Commission to have to make a statement on this or for there to be a debate on this issue here in Parliament, but Commissioner De Gucht now tells us that the Commission no longer has sufficient funds to translate all relevant documents into all the official languages. I also fear that this was a somewhat euphemistic wording on the Commissioner’s part, as the necessary documents are mostly available in only one language. That is not an acceptable situation, the more so given that the Commission is supposed to be making use of precisely this tool of public consultation in order to refine the regulatory process while reducing the chasm between the citizens and European officialdom. These public consultations are obviously no magic wand in themselves, but it is actually very annoying to have to observe how a mechanism that is a positive thing in itself is doomed to be a useless measure in many Member States because the citizens will be unable to consult the necessary documents in the official language of their country. The rule will therefore have to be that all European Union public documents must be available in all the official languages, and arguments based on the budget are unacceptable, as far as I am concerned. If we look at the EU’s budget, we can see that there are more than enough headings where savings and cuts can be made. The costs, meanwhile, for relevant important documents, such as those for public consultations, represent only a fraction of what could be saved in other headings in the budget."@en1
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