Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-06-Speech-4-017"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Ombudsman/Code of administrative conduct2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010906.2.4-017"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-06-Speech-4-0182
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, the Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, said in this debate this morning that citizenship is perhaps less fashionable than the technocratic way of doing things, and in this he might be right. However, I would like to say that the Committee on Petitions may even be the very committee in this Chamber that is able to find solutions to the gaping chasm that exists between the people and the decision-makers. In my opinion these annual discussions are always among the highlights of the year and it is most agreeable to be able to participate in them. Mr Bösch’s report on the annual report on the Ombudsman’s activities reiterates this call by Parliament for making the Charter of Fundamental Rights a binding component of the Treaties. This deserves our enthusiastic support as this may just be one way – as Mr Bösch and the Committee state – to reinforce and broaden the scope of the right of petition instrument. Some day it might evolve into a real citizens’ initiative, found in the legislation of some Member States. With regard to the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour, the subject of Mr Perry’s report, Parliament takes the view that what is needed is a law that is binding on all the institutions making it obligatory that administration should actually serve the people. It is quite clear that the Commission should now be promoting this swiftly and determinedly. Mr Duff has already referred to Teresa Almeida Garrett’s report on the Statute of the European Ombudsman, and I have to say his arguments convince me that it should be possible that members of the institutions can also if necessary be heard by the Ombudsman when it is a matter of administrative error. In my opinion, Members of Parliament have nothing to fear from this as the Ombudsman’s competence is administrative and not political. I hope Mr Duff’s amendment will be widely supported."@en1
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