Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-02-Speech-3-094"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public access to documents2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010502.7.3-094"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-02-Speech-3-0952
lpv:speaker	lp:Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in the thick of euphoria, people who vote against the Regulation are immediately accused of adopting a clean-hands policy or eloping into fantasy, but my group has fundamental objections to a number of aspects in this proposal, and I refuse to sweep them under the carpet. My group, the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, accepts that there are exceptions to disclosure. For example, a European defence policy could yield certain operational information which does not belong on the streets. But all documents must be recorded in the register, and it must be possible to test exceptions against strict criteria, in the last instance by the Court of Justice. That may be the procedure for normal documents, but unfortunately, special treatment has been agreed upon for potentially too large a group of special, sensitive documents, and I hear very little about this. The documents which are rubberstamped as “sensitive” are identified by a select group of officials within the institutions themselves. It is not necessary to include sensitive documents in the register, and the Court of Justice cannot verify whether this decision is justified. Should a clever citizen find out that the document exists after all, the same officials will decide on the application. And to cap it all, with regard to documents which do contribute to the decision-making process of European policy but which originate from outside, the author has a veto regarding both the inclusion in the register and the disclosure of the document. The Court too has to accept this veto. Sensitive documents constitute a black hole in this agreement on disclosure of information, and the right to information simply becomes an act of goodwill."@en1

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