Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-572-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-09-13"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Michael Cashman2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I welcome this report on the activities of the Petitions Committee in 2010 and I want to pay particular tribute to the work of the secretariat, under David Lowe, which deals with thousands of petitions. That is proof enough of the success of this system. I also want to underline the Committee’s important collaboration with the European Ombudsman and growing collaboration with the Commission, and especially Commissioner Reding, who has always been present at the committee. I would stress, also, the importance of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. It is now enforceable, and we need to bring it more and more into our work. However, I deplore the limits of the enforceability of the CFR, for example, in the domain of property rights and the long-standing issue of the Spanish ‘land grab’ of legally built and legally purchased houses. It is a scandal that has been going on since 2004, sadly. Mr Helmer highlighted this, but it is no use attacking the Commission and the EU when the only solution to this issue rests with the Spanish Government. It should address it immediately. Property rights are a growing concern; we have seen even more petitions on this issue, which is now spreading to other parts of the EU, including Bulgaria and Cyprus. Finally, therefore, let me make a recommendation. It is time, I believe, for a high-level commission or seminar on the issue of property rights and purchases of property in other countries to be undertaken immediately on behalf of the EU if we are to inform and protect our citizens in the future."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-30--2012-03-20)3 member; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Michael Cashman (S&D )."1
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