Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-23-Speech-1-019"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020923.3.1-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-23-Speech-1-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Dorette Corbey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Europe and its citizens are a much-debated topic. Recently, I received a complaint from Dutch citizens in Bellingwolde, a village situated on the Dutch-German border. The complaint was about the windmills which the German Government had installed very near the border, allowing green electricity to flow into Germany, while the Dutch village is landed with the pollution. This is what the Dutch wanted to lodge a complaint about to the European Commission. According to the Commission’s website, any citizen can have recourse to Eurojust, a system which offers help and advice to people with a problem of a legal nature in connection with the application of Community law. On its website, the Commission pledges that a network of legal advisers is on standby in the different Member States to give legal advice free of charge. This is an excellent pledge, but unfortunately, it does not apply to the Netherlands. There is nobody on standby in the Netherlands. In fact, the Commission’s representation in The Hague has been waiting for a legal expert to be appointed for years. Until such time, the Dutch cannot gain any legal advice about complaints, and are sent from pillar to post. Mr President, we urge you to broach this subject with the Commission as a matter of urgency. This is about a practical and specific problem faced by EU citizens who want to uphold their rights. It is unacceptable for a Dutch village that wants to fight the pollution generated by German windmills to have no rights in practice."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph