Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-03-10-Speech-2-078"

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lpv:speaker	lp:Marco Cappato2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2007-07-05--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2007-01-17--2009-07-13)3,3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Lista Emma Bonino (2006-05-08--2009-07-13)3,3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2006-10-05--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, excuse me if I am not able to stay to hear the Commissioner’s answer. I believe there is something significant missing from this debate and that something is the Council which has, in truth, been absent from the entire debate, including at committee stage. This, moreover, is the material point: there exists, particularly within the Council, a concept of Europe as the sum of the governments of national states. Consequently when these governments meet together as legislators, these affairs are, shall we say, confidential; citizens must then await the final outcome. This simply cannot be tolerated when we know that the European Union has legislative powers and citizens have a right to information throughout the entire legislative process. As confirmed and demonstrated by the judgment in the Maurizio Turco case, citizens have a right to information on the positions of national delegations within the Council as well as on legal opinions. That is why we pledge our full support for Mr Cashman’s report, which embodies a different idea of Europe; that of European democracy. I believe that Mr Cashman should also be supported in his attempt to put forward proposals that go above and beyond those made by the Commission. The European Commission would be mistaken if it were to ask us to limit our activities as a legislative body to the proposals put forward by the Commission. I believe that our right to extend the mandate is even enshrined in the treaties. I hope that Mr Cashman will accept our proposed amendments, particularly on greater financial transparency, and I believe that as the European Parliament, we should set a good example. I read today in the press that our decision to publish parliamentary attendance – this has nothing to do with this report – a decision taken in this House, has, however, apparently run up against technical problems that will prevent it from being implemented before the European elections. There is no technical problem, this job can be done quickly and easily, and I hope that as Parliament we will set a good example on this as well as on the rapporteur’s necessary and positive changes to the Commission’s proposal for improved access to documents. We hope to hear something from the empty Council benches sooner or later, if only a public explanation of their reasons for opposing our proposals. They must have the courage to publicly defend the idea of a Europe that must make its decisions on legislation in secret, something I regard as wholly unacceptable."@en1
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