Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-12-12-Speech-3-166"

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dcterms:Date	"2001-12-12"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
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lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-12-12-Speech-3-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Roy Perry2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, most people say they believe in open and transparent government. I am quite sure the Commission and the Council are genuine in what they say. I congratulate them on the progress made so far but none of us should deceive ourselves into thinking that we do not need a lot more work before Europe is truly open and transparent. I want to use my time to cite just one example – a petition to the European Parliament from various names at Lloyds of London. The petition claims that the United Kingdom Government has not properly applied the EU insurance directives. As a result of the petition the Commission very properly submitted, over a year ago, questions to the United Kingdom Government. That is when secrecy and cover-up begin. The Commission has allowed members of the Committee on Petitions – but only members – to see the actual questionnaire, and then only under extremely stringent conditions. Why not reveal the questions to the public, why not to the petitioners? The Commission would show it is doing its job. As for the answers, they are top secret. Nobody is allowed to know them – neither the Members of Parliament nor the petitioners – nobody. The UK Government says it is an informal communication and that it does not reveal informal communications. The Commission says that under the Framework Agreement it is not allowed to reveal the answers because there may be legal proceedings. The British Government does not have a leg to stand on. If this is not a formal communication, I would like to know what is. The Commission may have some argument, but I would remind the Commissioner of the Zwartveld judgement. In 1990 the Commission refused access to documents because it claimed there might be legal proceedings. The ECJ insisted that the documents were presented. So I would say to the Commissioner this afternoon – you have made some progress but I can give you this example to show that a great deal of progress is still needed in this respect."@en1
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