Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-320"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Application of the Århus Convention to EC institutions and bodies2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.23.2-320"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-3212
lpv:speaker	lp:Mojca Drčar Murko2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"From its inception the Århus Convention was praised as one of the most ambitious achievements of democracy in the area of the protection of the human environment, not merely because it lays down a human right of the new generation, namely the right of people to a healthy and high-quality environment, but also because of the logical assumption that involving citizens would raise the level of environmental protection, firstly through the adoption of measures and then through the implementation of those measures. This assumption needs to be taken further, however. Rules need to be established whereby the authorities are required to share environmental information with citizens, and they in turn must be able in extreme cases to demand that standards are enforced in the courts. We are talking about the implemented regulations of an environmentally-protective participatory democracy. In view of the fact that the European Union is drafting a White Paper with which it will endeavour to bridge the information gap separating it from its citizens, the content of the regulation under discussion is highly topical in the broader sense of relations with citizens. On the basis of the Århus Convention, in pursuit of an improved implementation of environmental protection legislation, the Commission envisaged certain non-governmental organisations having the right of access to the highest judicial instance, the European Court. The logical conclusion to be drawn with regard to this regulation is that non-governmental organisations play an important role in the protection of the environment. Yet the common position of the Council with regards to this area reveals a different interpretation of the Convention. It is based on fear of an improper use of the European Court, although this is not a logical interpretation. Half-measures in the efforts to implement environmental protection legislation and the removal of certain areas of work of the European institutions from democratic control would send the wrong political signal to Member States. It is possible that this would lead to a reduction rather than an increase in their responsibility in the implementation of environmental legislation."@en1

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