Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-04-Speech-2-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:White paper on the reform of European governance2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010904.8.2-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-04-Speech-2-1832
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 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 chair; EDD (2001-01-30--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I too want to thank the Commission for a good analysis in the ‘Governance’ paper. In some places, the report is so critical that I might have written it myself. What I do not see, however, is an attendant list of practical, precise and binding proposals which would open the legislative process to the people. In Italy, Mr Prodi has a good proposal about naming those who have been consulted. We are concerned here with a list, which ought to accompany any bill, of who has been consulted, and all the answers given in consultations should be available on the Internet. Mr Prodi also has another proposal about preferring regulations to directives. That runs directly counter to our era’s demand for decentralisation. On the contrary, countries require greater freedom in implementing directives. Strawberries need not be of the same size in Italy as in Finland. The paper talks a lot about more consultation, but it looks as though the aim is to create more support for the Commission’s ‘top-down’ proposal. What I do not see is a proper concept of democracy that involves starting from the bottom. Which issues cross borders? Which can we not manage for ourselves? In which areas do we want the Commission to produce proposals? Mr Prodi always has fine things to say about transparency, but he also has a department for refusing the right of access to documents. Could the Commission not merge that department with the department for fine words about transparency, leaving just the one department? For example, I have still not received a complete list of the people consulted in the 1,500 committees and working parties that exist today. Those who support Mr Prodi are not delivering the goods. It looks as though he too has been imprisoned in his own fortress. Might I suggest that Mr Prodi issue his promises about transparency as a regulation, binding his supporters in every respect."@en1

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