Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-16-Speech-4-024"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-11-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public access to documents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001116.2.4-024"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-16-Speech-4-0252
lpv:speaker	lp:Joost Lagendijk2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Cashman, let there be no mistake, my group also feels that your report is a major step forwards in comparison with the Commission’s report. There are fewer exceptions and it gives Member States the option of retaining their own national, more far-reaching legislation. But there are also points of criticism and I would like to highlight one of them. It relates to the announcement in our report of the so-called ‘select committee’, the committee of inquiry. And just remember, what we are talking about here is a ‘select committee’ of the European Parliament. A small group of MEPs who may be able to gain access in the future to secret military documents. My problem, and that of my group, is that this provision for parliamentarians is incorporated in a provision which should be about accessibility to the public, i.e. to the citizens. It is totally unacceptable, Mr Cashman, for us to get a good deal out of all this ourselves where access to documents is concerned, but to then leave the citizens out in the cold on that very point. I would remind you that this is not an imagined danger because Parliament has decided to lodge an appeal against the Solana decision. But at the same time, it has said that whether or not we go ahead with this case depends on the progress of the negotiations as regards the select committee. In other words, as I see it, a link has been established – erroneously so – between the rights of parliamentarians and the rights of the public. I would therefore urge the rapporteurs to delete any reference to the rights of parliamentarians from the provision concerning public access to documents, and I call upon all my fellow delegates to make very sure that their interests are not played off against those of the public."@en1

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