Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-25-Speech-4-012"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Activities of the European Ombudsman in 20022
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030925.2.4-012"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-25-Speech-4-0132
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Thors2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Svenska folkpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PETI (2002-01-23--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Ombudsmen, I wish to thank Mr Söderman for being here today and for the work he has done, but also for the happiness he always spreads wherever he goes. I am glad that the Earl of Stockton also mentioned this. We have been able to study the annual report for 2002. It is a fine annual report based on genuine, solid work. The tone is light, reflecting the way we are looking forward. Allow me, however, to say, with Scandinavian directness, that there are no doubt also certain problems in relations between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Ombudsman. One problem is that the Commission has not responded to some of the reports we have written in response to the Ombudsman’s special reports. That is a lacuna we ought to do something about. Another problem we must get to grips with once the Intergovernmental Conference is over is the fact that the proposal for modifying the Ombudsman’s Charter has got somewhat bogged down. The proposal has not moved forward, and we have not obtained the necessary guarantees of the Ombudsman’s access to all documents. We must get our second wind once the Intergovernmental Conference has been concluded. Certainly, the Ombudsman is mentioned in the draft Constitution, but I believe there are many of us who had envisaged a still stronger position for the Ombudsman as an institution. It is something of an irony of fate that we are today discussing the report of the Ombudsman, whose job it is to combat bad administration, when the rest of the House is full of rumours about maladministration and Eurostat. These are not of course reasons for adopting a legal position on Eurostat and on what has happened, but one wonders whether the administrative relations between the various European supervisory bodies are as they should be. How was it possible for the Court of Auditors not to have found errors at Eurostat? How was it possible for OLAF’s communication to the Commission’s Secretary-General to have been so secret that the Commissioners did not receive these communications? Many issues surrounding the flow of information are raised by the Eurostat affair. I believe it would be quite excellent if the new Ombudsman could investigate the relations between the auditing and supervisory bodies and see whether they fulfil the requirements of good administration and adequate transparency. I fully respect the Ombudsman’s independence, but I nonetheless believe this could be an idea that the Ombudsman’s Office might bear in mind in its forthcoming work. I wish to congratulate our newly elected Ombudsman on his work. We know that he has already had a good effect upon our administration."@en1

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