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"en.20120523.15.3-212-000"2
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"Mr President, I, too, voted against this report on the European Parliament’s right of inquiry. I support the existing rights of the standard European Parliament committee of inquiry, but much of what this report now seeks to achieve is, and should remain, the preserve of the national governments and the national parliaments of our Member States.
I find that the new idea that a committee of inquiry of the European Parliament should have the legal power to subpoena witnesses, including Member State officials, to give explanations in the line of its inquiries, is unacceptable and goes too far. As my colleague, Julie Girling, has said, we do not actually get much respect nor are we even seen as legitimate in many cases by our constituents, so we are really pushing the issue much too far as far as the public of our countries are concerned.
The notion that the European Parliament should be given the right to carry out on-the-spot investigations in the event that it does not feel its rights in this area are being respected goes beyond its remit. Frankly, it would be regarded as a bit of a joke by most of the British public."@en1
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