Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-14-Speech-2-134"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU Charter of Fundamental Rights2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000314.8.2-134"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-14-Speech-2-1352
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vihreät (1999-07-20--2003-03-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would particularly like to thank the rapporteurs and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs for having adopted a position in favour of the EU becoming a party to the Council of Europe’s Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. I hope that this position will be retained in tomorrow’s sitting, as it will be vitally important if we wish to avoid confusion with the many various schemes in respect of fundamental rights. I would like to raise the issue of reinforcing the political rights of citizens with the help of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. In my view, there has not to date been so much discussion on the subject. If, however, we were to examine what a citizen of the European Union today can actually do, how much he or she can influence the decision-making process, we would see that there are not so many opportunities to do so. Citizens can mainly stand as candidates in elections and vote in another EU country. But why should we not establish some new institutions and instruments, by means of this Charter, enabling citizens to have a real influence? Why, for example, could we not take up the notion that a certain number of citizens – let us say from three different EU countries – could formulate a citizens’ initiative that then could be channelled though the European Parliament? Why can we not look to the future and see that it will be ever more important for our citizens to be able to take part directly in decision-making in other ways too? I think it would be natural for this to form part of the Charter and very little has been said about this so far."@en1

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