Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-11-16-Speech-4-028"

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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	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001116.2.4-028"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-11-16-Speech-4-0292
lpv:speaker	lp:Jens-Peter Bonde2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2001-04-23)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 co-chair; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-01-29)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Commission’s attitude to the right of access to documents may be seen from the internal handbook sent on 11 October to employees of the Commission to tell them how to deal with requests from MEPs for access to documents. On 13 October, it was sent to Parliament, but I have only just seen it tonight. It appears from this document that, if an MEP asks for information as part of the discharge procedure, Mrs De Palacio’s employees must refuse to respond to such requests. There is only one person – the Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control – who is in a position to request information in connection with the discharge procedure. This internal handbook for employees goes on to state that, if an MEP finds an interesting piece of information in a newspaper and would like to see the document concerned, then there is only one Member of Parliament who can submit such a request, and that is the President of Parliament. This is scandalous, and it shows what the Commission’s intentions were in connection with the framework agreement. If not even Members of Parliament can obtain the information they ask for, how for heaven’s sake are ordinary citizens to obtain such information? All MEPs are therefore justified in going to their groups... ( )"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"The President cut the speaker off"1

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