Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-22-Speech-1-091"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public participation in drawing up environmental plans and programmes2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011022.6.1-091"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-22-Speech-1-0922
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-11--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2000-02-17--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, one of the complaints most frequently voiced by the public concerns the very limited role they are given to play in representative democracy. Our citizens complain that they are given the right to vote every now and then, but that they do not enjoy full rights of participation in the day-to-day activities of the institutions for which they vote: at European level, at national level, and at regional and local level. It is precisely in the area of the environment that the dissatisfaction of communities has been most keenly felt. When they disagree, often rightly so, with a particular project, their only option is to express their anger on the streets or in the courts. This indignation increases exponentially when many of these projects with unacceptable environmental impacts are funded under the common agricultural policy and the Structural Funds. It is, therefore very important that, as a follow-up to the Aarhus Convention, the Commission has produced legislation on public access to environmental information, on public participation in certain plans, programmes and policies and on public access to justice Greater public participation not only gives greater legitimacy to the decisions taken by our institutions; it can also improve their quality. I wish to congratulate the rapporteur for the work she has done on this proposal for a directive on public participation in drafting environmental plans and programmes, especially for having sought, by means of various amendments, to extend citizens’ rights and to eliminate some ambiguities. There is nevertheless one subject on which I disagree with Mrs Korhola. Public consultation will only be feasible if the definition of ‘the public’ is not too vague. I therefore prefer the Commission’s approach, which defines the public affected by a given project as the target of consultation and not the rapporteur’s choice of a broader and, therefore, vaguer definition of the public."@en1

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