Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-03-24-Speech-3-101"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-03-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Development of the European Citizens’ Initiative based on Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100324.13.3-101"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-03-24-Speech-3-1022
lpv:speaker	lp:Monika Beňová2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; SMER-Sociálna demokracia (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; S&D (2009-07-14--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"The citizens’ initiative, as one of the powers of EU citizens, represents significant progress for democracy and for the direct participation of the broader public in political life. I very much appreciate and value your approach in this matter, Commissioner Šefčovič. I would now like to refer to the questions put by my colleague, Zita Gurmai, because I, too, consider it important to find an answer to some of these questions. One of them concerns the place and method of formalisation, in other words, the place where signatures will be collected under an initiative, be it in a government office or somewhere on the street. In connection with this, there is also the question of whether there will be a conflict with other human rights, for example, the right to freedom of expression. The second question concerns the financing of the whole process. Who, therefore, will be responsible for financing citizens’ initiatives? Will it be the European Union or will it be the Member States or the actual citizens who are mounting an initiative? In the worst case scenario, it would amount to a violation of democratic principle by establishing solvency as a condition of involvement. Last but not least, it will be essential for the Commission to specify a precise time limit within which these signatures will be collected, or, as the case may be, collected in a valid manner, not forgetting, in particular, the need to retain the openness and transparency of the whole mechanism in such a way as to prevent it being abused by the interest groups that operate throughout the EU. I offer you my sincere thanks, Commissioner, and I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you to succeed in this."@en1
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