Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-04-03-Speech-1-158"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Openness of meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity - Access to the institutions documents - (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060403.12.1-158"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-03-Speech-1-1592
lpv:speaker	lp:Maria Matsouka2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Mercosur (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-10-24)3 vice-chair; PETI (2004-07-23--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ultimately the debate on the openness of meetings of the Council is a debate on democracy. I cannot but agree wholeheartedly with the recommendations by the Ombudsman and the proposals by Mr Hammerstein Mintz or my friend Michael Cashman. The lack of information for voters on the positions defended by the representatives of their governments at European Union level is creating a grey area as to who is responsible for the decisions relating to their daily lives. Governments find it convenient to blame the Union for decisions which are not in their interests and to claim the merit for decisions which benefit their country. Democracy, however, requires knowledge, judgment and reaction. The lack of knowledge about the positions of governments in the Council also deprives national parliaments of the facility to control the governments of their states on European issues. Ultimately, the question of the transparency of the Council brings us to the fundamental question of whether or not we want a European public opinion, a public opinion capable of expressing its satisfaction and its displeasure, capable of sending a message to the European institutions and capable of forcing the Council, as the rapporteur rightly notes, into the collective responsibility of its ministers. This can indeed be the course of European unification."@en1

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