Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-10-05-Speech-2-208"
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"Thank you for that answer, Commissioner. I am pleased with one part of it, namely the positive attitude towards openness and having access to documents. However, I am less pleased about there not being cost-free access to these on the Internet. The European Union is actually financed by its citizens who should also be entitled to know what it decides. As far as I am concerned, it is transparently clear that there should be free access on the Internet to the whole of the OJEC.
I myself find it difficult to understand that part of the answer given in connection with the hearings, i.e. the view that certain citizens’ not having access to the Internet and, therefore, free access to the OJEC, could be regarded as discrimination. In fact, we live in a modern society where by far the majority of people can get access to the Internet. Most school children are on the way to having, or already have, their own e-mail address. Most people in employment have Internet access, and there are lots of Internet courses for pensioners. Every citizen should have the right to obtain relevant information. I hope that the Commissioner will take this to heart and that information will be available for free in the future."@en1
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