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"Mr President, I would like first of all to fully support our rapporteur Michael Cashman in his disappointment that the Commissioner refused to come to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. It is for that reason we have asked for tonight’s debate so that we can get some answers as to how we can realistically progress with this dossier.
Tonight’s debate gives us the opportunity to once again publicly state our commitment to reaching an agreement on access to documents. Despite continued disappointing setbacks, Parliament adopted its first reading agreement in 2011. This dossier remains a priority for our group and we will continue to reiterate our insistence that the file be adopted before the end of this mandate in 2014. Now, more than ever, we need to send a message that we believe in increased transparency, accountability and democracy for EU citizens. We are seeing a growing distrust in mainstream political parties and public institutions across Europe. The continued delay with this legislative procedure has led to growing negative perceptions in relation to EU transparency rules. Let us be reminded again that this file has been pending since 2008.
Our group wants clarification from both the Commission and the Council on the main obstacles that are preventing substantial progress. We want fresh information and any possible compromise or common denominators that are envisaged while at the same time taking into account the fact that we will not support any watering-down of key legislative areas. We want answers as to whether the Commission is confident that we can achieve a compromise and, if not, what it intends to do in order to progress.
I want to echo what my colleague Michael Cashman has said: that citizens have the right to make sure this Parliament, as a democratically-elected institution, is held accountable for what we do in their name. The same goes for actions carried out by both the Commission and Council on their behalf. We are in a different age – an age of social media – where people demand to see what is going on. We are lagging behind with the delay on this file. The delay that we are seeing is something that needs to penetrate the minds of the Commission and Council, and they need to be aware of what is going on. For this reason, we fully support what our rapporteur is doing."@en1
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