Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-088"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.6.4-088"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-0892
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". The lack of the right of consultation has two causes. One is an authoritarian state view in which citizens are seen only as obedient conscripts and taxpayers who must leave the actual decision-making to a specially selected elite who know how to do things much better than ordinary people. The other reason is economic interest. The protection against pollution, nuisance and dangers in their living environment that most people want often means that businesses are hindered in their pursuit of profits. This also results in an authoritarian approach in which decisions are governed by economic interests instead of being taken by everyone collectively. Over the last few decades these hindrances seem to have been broken through. There are forms of citizen consultation everywhere, and the EU also prescribes this. Unfortunately the results of this participation are still often twisted to mean the opposite. I support Mrs Korhola in her quest to put an end to the exceptions that are still being made for military interests and civil disasters. The military often still think that they are above civilian society and that they can impose their own ideas. Measures to prevent disasters can often be very drastic, like flooding polders in the Netherlands when river water levels are high. Such decisions must not be taken without consultation."@en1

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