Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-02-Speech-3-110"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public access to documents2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010502.7.3-110"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-02-Speech-3-1112
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Minister, when all is said and done, it is a question of the meaning of words and of our really intending what is stated in Article 4 of the Regulation, namely that access to a document currently being dealt with will only be refused if such access would significantly undermine certain interests. The aim is, in fact, to achieve transparency, and we are striving to make this transparency as fully effective as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, this is about our believing in the words we write. I would call upon everyone who has contributed to the decision to ensure that the words are given their intended meaning. Otherwise, people will become even more mistrustful. We have achieved a compromise and made certain gains. I am extremely pleased that we have succeeded in introducing more good administrative procedures for the handling of documents than I had believed we would. It is also important that the exceptions are more limited than those proposed by the Commission. It is interesting to see what was dispensed with. What was also interesting was today’s statement from Commissioner Barnier to the effect that the infringement proceedings must be public, which means that we are entering a new era in the European Union. Citizens will be able to monitor the Commission’s activity in a completely new way. Many images have been used today. I agree with Mr Watson – without whom we should not have come so far – that we have obtained a powerful searchlight to use on documents, instead of the pocket torch we had previously. We have acquired a powerful tool. The Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party will use that tool in the way cited by my colleagues and, in this, we are counting upon the help of the ombudsman. There are shortcomings, but they are not as serious as our opponents maintain. We must respect the meaning of the words. We must also make sure that the Commission stops misusing the protection of personal data, something which has recently happened again. It is now a question of going further, beyond what emerges from the reports about what has happened. It is about freedom of expression for employees and about ensuring that future discussion of the EU deals with transparency in a broader perspective, for transparency must apply to all the institutions and involve more than making documents publicly available."@en1

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