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Det er ligeledes at allerstørste vigtighed, at borgerne ubesværet kan komme i kontakt med ombudsmanden, og at de klager, der forelægges ham, kan behandles tilfreds stillende.
The vote that this House will shortly have on the accompanying motion for resolution and the debate itself will certainly inform the Council's consider ation of the draft decision.
Det er derfor absolut nødvendigt, at der afsættes de nødvendige midler til udøvelsen af hans hverv.
Under the Treaty as Members will be aware, the Council must approve the terms of reference of the ombudsman's duties.
Man må ved hjælp af en speciel aftale få de andre EF-institutioner og medlemslandenes administrationer til at yde størst muligt samarbejde ved opfyldelsen af ombudsmandens funktioner.
This work will be put in hand speedily by the presidency as it is important that we be able to create the post of ombudsman as soon as the Maastricht Treaty comes into effect.
Uden det samarbejde ville man risikere at forfladige hans rolle.
The report rightly stresses the need to strengthen the links between Community institutions and the citizens of Member States.
Det er indlysende, at Europa kun kan opbygges på grundlag af borgernes vilje og interesse.
This is a vital right for citizens and an important role for the European Parliament.
Og ombudsmandsinstitutionen kan og bør være et bidrag til at befordre borgernes direkte deltagelse i det europæiske forehavende. I modsat fald kan den risikere at blive en farlig skuffelse.
You are not, of course, as a Parliament new to this role and many of the honourable Members who have spoken including Mr Guttiénez and Mr Maher already play a part in the Committee on Petitions which has carried out very substantial and important work in this field.
Fru Bindis betænkning bidrager til at komme videre i en rigtig og positiv retning, og jeg anmoder derfor medlemmerne om at stemme for den.
Therefore all or many of you who have taken part in this debate are particularly qualified to do so because the experience of the Commit tee on Petitions provides a very good basis on which to build.
I denne udmærkede betænkning fra fru Bindi står vi blandt andet over for nogle aspekter, som nødvendigvis vil have øjeblikkelige konsekvenser for Europa-Parlamentets forretningsorden, og som er rene parlamentsbeføjelser.
RAMÍREZ HEREDIA (S). — (ES) Mr President, after congratulating Mrs Bindi on her excellent report, I ask myself and I ask this Parliament: what do we want and what do we intend the Ombudsman to be?
Disse vedrører specielt udnævnelsen af ombudsmanden, hans afskedigelse, hans forhold til Parlamentet og parlamentsudvalgene.
I rather fear, Mr President, that the vast majority of European citizens have a very different conception from some of those I have heard during the course of this debate.
Der er et demokratisk underskud, som vi ofte har beklaget. Det består i, at Europa-Parlamentet kun har mangelfulde rettigheder.
The report recognizes this in paragraph 6 of its preamble.
Der er også et underskud mellem Parlamentet
I am sure that a fruitful and useful relationship will develop from that cooperation — the kind of experience again that Mr Gil Robles refened to in his remarks — which will not
HÄNSCH budsmandsinstitutionens anvendelsesområde og funktioner, men også andre udvalgs og politiske gruppers betragtninger.
GAREL JONES infringe on the independence of either party but build on the separate experiences and responsibilities of both.
En sådan institution, der kun kan etableres med alle parters konsensus, etableres bedst gennem et lovgivningsinstrument udarbejdet på grundlag af bred konsensus mellem alle institutionerne.
Mr President, this dossier will fall to the incoming Danish President-in-Office of the Council.
Denne institution er også vigtig i Europa-Parlamentets egen interesse, da Parlamentet får ret til at udnævne ombudsmanden.
I am sure it will be pursued with vigour because, as Mrs Jensen reminded us, this is in a sense a Nordic or Scandinavian concept.
Europa-Parlamentet har ret til at fastsætte ombudsmandens statut, dvs. de almindelige betingelser for udøvelsen af ombudsmandens opgaver.
So I am sure the Danes will pursue it with vigour so that the Community ombudsmen can become a reality as soon as the Maastricht Treaty itself comes into effect.
I dette instrument integreres tre grundlæggende funktioner: ikke blot forbindelserne med Parlamentet og ombudsmandens egne kontrolbeføjelser, men også noget så vigtigt som muligheden for at løse et problem gennem aftaler med de nationale ombudsmænd. I Spanien er der en lang tradition på dette område, idet ordningen med autonome regioner både nødvendiggør og åbner mulig hed for sådanne aftaler.
MILLAN, Member of the Commission. — Mr President, can I again preface my remarks by saying that I am standing in for Mr Bangemann, for reasons which I explained earlier in relation to the previous debate, but I am very happy to answer this short debate on behalf of the Commission and to welcome the report of Mrs Bindi.
Kommissionen kan og vil afgive en udtalelse herom, og Rådet kan sige ja eller nej til det.
Perhaps on that last point, I should respond to what Mr Dillen said: Mr Dillen was the only Member in this short debate who took the view that this was not necessary.
Men den egentlige lovgivningsmæssige handling ligger hos Europa-Parlamentet, og det understreger betydningen af den betænkning, vi i dag har fået forelagt af fru Bindi.
It should, of course, be made clear that the Ombudsman here will be dealing with cases of alleged maladministration by Community institutions and, as far as I am aware, there is no national Ombudsman who has authority in that area — nor could a national Ombudsman have authority over Community institutions.
Det eneste problem, som fru Bindi ikke har været i stand til at løse, er et problem, som også i Traktaten fremstår som uløseligt, nemlig spørgsmålet om afskedigelse, der i den nuværende udformning er yderst utilfredsstillende og må tages op til fornyet overvejelse senere.
So the fact that there are in individual Member States Ombudsmen dealing with allegations of maladministration by national and local authorities is not a reason for opposing the establishment of an Ombudsman in relation to cases of maladministration by Community institutions.
Alle de øvrige spørgsmål er efter vores mening — med de øvrige politiske gruppers medvirken — løst tilfredsstillende, og derfor anmoder jeg afslutningsvis om, at medlemmerne stemmer for betænkningen.
This is, I repeat, an important step forward in dealing with the democratic deficit in the Community, but particularly in bringing the Community closer to the citizen and breaking down some of the barriers which, unfortunately, all of us are very well aware exist at the present time and which have been manifested, particularly in recent months, in relation to the debates in our individual countries on the Maastricht Treaty.
Jeg takker hende også i særlig grad for samarbejdet i forbindelse med en række ændringsforslag og ønsker om præcise ring, som kom fra min gruppe.
So we welcome this proposal in the Treaty and we welcome the report of Mrs Bindi, and I thank her and all those who have contributed to this short debate.
Kommissionens svar på det tidspunkt var, at det ikke var ret acceptabelt, så jeg er glad for at det nu sker.
We are dealing here with the establishment of an office which will make a major contribution to strengthening the democratic nature of the Community and, of course, the Commission gives its full support to the project.
Efterhånden som Fællesskabet integreres mere og mere, er der et voksende behov for, at europæiske institutioner virker mere humane over for borgerne, som ofte føler sig magtesløse over for demo kratiet, og jeg håber på, at ombudsmanden vil bidrage til at opfylde dette behov.
I very much agree with the sentiment that Mr Hänsch expressed that there is a need to bring all the institutions of the Community nearer to the citizen.
Der er dog et problem, så vidt jeg kan se med min erfaring i Udvalget for Andragender, og det er, at mange af de vanskeligheder, de almindelige borgere oplever, vedrører den offentlige administration, regeringerne i medlemslandene.
It is indeed something which has animated some of the debates and discussions at Edinburgh and some of the conclusions of the Edinburgh Summit.
De tøver med at gennemføre beslutninger.
So we give a general and warm welcome to the provision in the Treaty and to the various points made by Mrs Bindi in her report.
Borgeren står over for en mur.
PRESIDENT. — The next item is the report (Doc.
Problemet er, at selv om en administration eller regering er skyldig i ikke at gennem føre lovene korrekt, er der ikke nogen straf.
A3-302/92) by Mr Musso on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Affairs on parliamentary committees of inquiry.
Der må findes en udvej for straffe med tilbagevirkende kraft, således at det ikke kan betale sig for en administration at blive ved med at overtræde lovgivningen.
I can say, of course, that the Commission will reply first, as we are obliged to do under the terms of the provisions in the Maastricht Treaty, to the detailed proposals that will be made when the draft resolution is accepted by Parliament and there after, of course, the matter will go to Council for decision by qualified majority.
Hr. formand, hvis det kunne gøres, tror jeg det i høj grad ville styrke arbejdet både i Udvalget for Andragender i Europa-Parlamentet og ombudsmanden.
I have no doubt, as Mr Garel Jones has just said, that the Danish presidency will wish to deal with this matter as expeditiously as it can.
Sluttelig er det meget vigtigt, at borgeren kan håndhæve sin ret uden at blive indblandet i dyre retssager, og alene af den grund er jeg glad for denne beslutning.
I would not myself wish, therefore, in those circumstances to reply to particular details in the recommendations of Mrs Bindi.
GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO (PPE). — (ES) Hr. for mand, PPE-Gruppen tillægger denne betænkning stor vægt, og selve det forhold, at den er blevet udarbejdet, er da også i god overensstemmelse med demokratiets cen trale placering i Europas politiske tænkning.
MUSSO (RDE), rapporteur. — (FR) Mr President, it is my privilege, on behalf of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, to present this report on the setting-up of temporary committees of inquiry in the European Parliament.
Ombudsmandsinstitutionen er et svar på det klassiske spørgsmål: qui custodiai custodes?
We have hitherto had the power, under our Rules of Procedure, to set up such committees of inquiry, for specified purposes and subject to certain conditions.
Vi er alle bekendt med, at en af Kommissionens vigtigste opgaver er at føre opsyn med gennemførelsen af fællesskabsretten.
What we are now being given by Article 138c of the Maastricht Treaty is in fact a constitutional right to set up such temporary committees of inquiry whenever we find an alleged contravention or maladministration in the implementation of Community law, whether committed by Community authorities, national authorities or legal or natural persons.
Men hvem kontrol lerer Kommissionens udførelse af denne opgave?
This is therefore an important right.
Som hr. Gutiérrez Díaz så rigtigt sagde, har Udvalget for Andragender bestræbt sig herpå i den udstrækning, der er kræfter til det inden for rammerne af Parlamentets begrænsede kapacitet. Ombudsmanden supplerer denne kontrolfunktion på grundlag af en mekanisme, der konstituerer ham som parlamentarisk kommissær for kontrol med EF-administrationen.
I would certainly wish the whole process to be as open and transparent as possible and I would certainly not wish there to be any feeling that the Commission had an undue reticence about some of the recommendations in terms of matters of confidentiality and the rest.
En kontrol, der er af vital betydning på et tidspunkt, hvor det er af allerstørste vigtighed, at borgerne og fællesskabsinstitutionerne kommer tættere på hinanden, og hvor der tales så meget om at øge gennemskueligheden.
But I can give an assurance that this will be looked at, from the Commission's point of view, in a construc
DILLEN (DR). — (NL) Maastricht er endnu ikke ratificeret, og man vil allerede anvende Maastricht. En farlig forhastelse.
What your committee is now proposing is in fact a draft act.
Lad det være.
Why is this?
JENSEN (S). — Hr. formand, at fastlægge ombudsmandens statut og de almindelige betingelser for udøvelsen af hans hverv hører til en af Parlamentets ægte beføjelser.
Council and the Commission should be covered by an act, binding in all its provisions, subscribed by both the Commission and the Council.
nogle venner og venners venner et godt job ved de europæiske krybber.
order to define that concept more clearly.
Der er åbenbart ingen, der finder på at stille spørgsmålet, hvilken ny åreladning en sådan engelsk ombudsmand med sit personale, medarbejdere, embedsmænd, tjenestemænd, oversættere, tolke plus endnu en gang hele besværet med computere og alle mulige vanvittige driftsudgifter vil betyde for den almindelige europæiske borger.
It will also be necessary to obtain the agreement of the other institutions on the terms of relations between the committee of inquiry, the Community institutions and the Member States' administrations.
Svaret er tydeligt. Det er fuldt ud tilstrækkeligt med nationale og lokale ombudsmænd, og de vil være tusinde gange så effektive.
Moreover, it is of fundamental importance that it can in some way sanction anyone who refuses to provide the requested information fully and truthfully.
Kun et af forslagene har jeg problemer med. Det er ændringsforslag nr. 19, som kan læses som en lidt bizar måde at udelukke en dansker fra at blive ombudsmand.
I draw your attention to the fact that these anangements mean that, for the first time, Parliament is going to be able to check in detail whether the Council's acts, upstream and downstream, are in conformity with Community law.
Underligt nok er alle de øvrige ændringsforslag af Hänsch præciserende, mens dette ene er lidt uklart.
The same applies to the Commission, national administrations and of course, as I was just saying, natural or legal persons.
Der er jo udtrykkelig forskel på unionsborgerskab og statsborgerskab. Edinburgh-topmødet slog det fast så sent som i weekenden.
Another important aspect concerns the impossibility of setting up committees of inquiry on matters which are the subject of judicial procedure.
I min by Antwerpen er der en ombudsmand, en socialist, men — selv det er muligt — alle og enhver nærer fuldt ud tillid til ham som menneske og ombudsmand.
Needless to say, what we are proposing here cannot and must not be given effect until the Maastricht Treaty has been ratified.
Han kender de lokale problemer, og der er ingen i Antwerpen, der vil tænke på ikke at henvende sig til ham, men appellere til en europæisk ombudsmand, som svæver et eller andet sted i det europæiske lufttomme rum.
But we took the view that since this act also had to be submitted to the Council and Commission for their agreement, and since they had made it known that they were awaiting our proposals, it would be in Parliament's best interests to forward its decision to them.
Lad os glemme den europæiske ombudsmand. Så sejrer både den sunde forstand, sparsommeligheden og subsidiaritetsprincip pet.
This is the decision that I am now proposing to the House, so that we can join with the other two institutions in working out the final draft of the act, which I hope will differ as little as possible from the one I am now submitting.
ROUMELIOTIS (S). — (GR) Hr. formand, jeg vil også gerne komplimentere fru Bindi for det ihærdige og prisværdige arbejde, hun har gjort, og fordi hun i denne forbindelse har indbudt repræsentanter fra de nationale parlamenter.
Mr President, I shall give my views on the various amendments before the vote at six o'clock this evening.
Som hr. Hansch sagde, er Den Socialistiske Gruppe helt enig i nødvendigheden af at oprette en EF-ombuds-mandsinstitution og i dennes arbejdsområde.
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I vores tradition skelnes der også fundamentalt mellem en ombudsmand og en formidler eller mediator.
GOEDMAKERS (S), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Budgetary Control. — (NL) Mr President, I am speaking also on behalf of the Socialist Group.
En ombudsmand er borgernes forsvarer mod systemet.
The parliamentary right of inquiry is an extremely important policy instrument for parliaments.
Det er ikke nødvendigvis en person, der skal glatte ud.
When we see what in the Netherlands, for instance, the RSV inquiry pro duced...
Ordet mediator blev brugt på den høring, Parlamentet holdt om ombudsmanden.
People sat glued to their TV sets to see exactly what parliament was engaged upon.
Herfra var det trist at høre, at embedsmænd i Kommissionen ikke regnede med, at de skulle til at ændre adfærd, når der kom en ombudsmand. Men det skal de helt bestemt.
In Italy too, we see that the Anti-Maffia Commission's work is at the centre of the public's interest.
Lad mig citere ændringsforslag nr. 8: »Ombudsmanden skal bidrage til at påvise og afhjælpe fejl og forsømmelser i forbindelse med handlinger foretaget af Fællesskabets organer og institutioner.« Og ændringsforslag nr. 3, 12 og 13 er også vigtige.
But it is also an important instrument for exercising greater and better control on the expenditure of moneys.
Her slås det fast, at EF's institutioner har pligt til at give ombudsmanden alle oplysninger og uhindret adgang til arkiverne.
So it is not for nothing that the Committee on Budgetary Control has argued for the European Parliament's acquisition of this instrument.
Han skal undersøge formodede fejl i systemet, og embedsmændene kan ikke mod sætte sig at give oplysninger under henvisning til deres tavshedspligt.
When the Treaty of Rome was revised, we brought up this matter and at Maastricht we got our way.
De ansatte skal efter anmodning fra ombudsmanden aflægge vidneforklaring.
Parliament's right of inquiry has been laid down in the new Treaty.
Parlamentet bør derfor være absolut tilfreds med, at et af dets kompetenceområder har haft så stor succes, at statsog regeringslederne vil øge dets beføjelser, uden at man har anmodet herom. Imidlertid er EF-ombudsmanden ikke en institution, der erstatter eller begrænser den rolle, som de andragender, borgerne indgiver direkte til Parlamentet, spiller, og som behandles af Udvalget for Andragender.
VECCHI (GUE), draftsman of the opinion of the Com mittee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities. — (IT) Mr President, the European Parliament's power to set up committees of inquiry to investigate cases of maladministration or infringement in respect of the application of Community law has at last been recognized and enshrined in the Treaties through a new Article 138c.
Oprettelsen af en ombudsmandsinstitution var blandt de danske krav under forhandlingerne om Maastricht-Traktaten.
The purpose of this debate is to determine precisely what form this parliamentary instrument is to assume.
RAMIREZ HEREDIA (S). — (ES) Hr. formand, indledningsvis takker jeg fru Bindi for hendes fremragende betænkning, og dernæst spørger jeg mig selv og plenarforsamlingen: hvilken funktion ønsker vi, ombudsmanden skal have?
Finally, a number of matters are brought up in the Musso report that we shall have to settle with the Council and Commission and on which we shall negotiate with them.
Ønsker vi et udpræget bureaukratisk element, en slags overkontrollør af EF-administrationen, eller ønsker vi tværtimod, at ombudsmanden skal leve op til den forestilling, som det store flertal af Fællesskabets borgere har om en ombudsmand som en, der forsvarer deres rettigheder over for overgreb fra administrationens side eller i forbindelse med krænkelse af deres grundlæg-
During these negotiations we shall discuss with the three institutions: firstly, how we can all together ensure that a parliamentary committee of inquiry obtains all the information it requires and, secondly, what kind of anange ments are needed to ensure that that committee has something up its sleeve to bring pressure on any uncooperative witnesses it may summon. For it will have to be possible to have recourse to penal measures against
På denne måde vil de ikke blot blive hørt, for det har de også haft mulighed for tidligere, men de vil også kunne stille krav, og hvis de imødekommes, vil de få de rettigheder tilbage, som er blevet krænket.
It must be made clear that it is up to Parliament and Parliament alone to define, within the limits set by the Treaties, the exercise of its own power of inquiry.
Og dette tror jeg er en ny vigtig demokratisk landvinding, ikke blot i Europa-Parlamentet, men først og fremmest for Europas borgere.
To that end I have tabled three amendments to the Musso report, on behalf of the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, in
Hvis ombudsmanden ikke er i stand til at give respons på befolkningens bekymringer og angst i forbindelse med krænkelser af menneskerettighederne og de grundlæg gende frihedsrettigheder, er det en bjørnetjeneste, vi gør det nye forenede Europas image.
fact, especially at a time when we all recognize the need to upgrade the role of the national parliaments and of cooperation between them and the European Parliament.
Jeg er sikker på, at et frugtbart og nyttigt forhold vil udvikle sig fra det samarbejde — igen den form for erfaring, som hr. Gil Robles henviste til i sine bemærkninger — der ikke vil indskrænke nogens uafhængighed, men bygge på begges særskilte erfaringer og ansvar.
We are not talking here about factfinding committees such as, for instance, the internal committee for inquiring into policy on drugs that we set up some time ago, but we are truly concerned with a parliamentary committee of inquiry with other powers and so the text needs to be adapted accordingly.
Derfor ser jeg helst en ombudsmand med reel magt.
In conclusion, I should like to thank Mr Musso, for he has been through a hard time.
Jeg var lige ved at sige — men forstå mig ret — med magtbeføjelser til at fængsle dem, der ikke overholder loven.
We have had many difficult discussions on this subject, but he has in the end brought it all to a successful conclusion.
Hr. formand, denne sag vil blive overgivet til den kommende danske rådsformand.
BOURLANGES (PPE). — (FR) Mr President, allow me to say to Mr Musso that I find that too little has been said about his report, for the same reason as too little is said about trains that anive on time.
Jeg er sikker på, at den vil blive fulgt energisk op, for som fru Jensen mindede os om, er dette egentlig et nordisk eller skandinavisk begreb.
First, it has the power to censure a government, which is becoming increasingly theoretical and general, and moreover it will be demonstrated in this very Chamber that this power is not always suited to the object of censure.
Så jeg er sikker på, at danskerne vil arbejde ivrigt på det, således at Fællesskabets ombudsmand kan blive en realitet, så snart Maastricht-Traktaten selv træder i kraft.
Secondly, a parliament has a legislative function. In the majority of democracies, as we see, legislation is largely steered by the executive and the parliament's power is an important but marginal power of amendment.
Jeg vil gerne specielt betone ombudsmandens funktion i forbindelse med bekæmpelsen af racisme og fremmed had.
ROUMELIOTIS (S). — (GR) Mr President, the subject we are considering today is particularly serious for the European Parliament, but also for the Community's Member States and its citizens.
På et tidspunkt som det nuværende hvor der over hele Europa finder så mange overgreb sted mod menneskets værdighed og integritet, kan ombudsmandsinstitutionen blive en vigtig katalysator, der kan henlede regeringernes og administrationernes opmærksomhed på, at de ikke opfylder deres forpligtelser, og institutionen kan således tjene til at indgyde flertallet af Europas borgere håb og større tillid til fremtiden.
It is important because committees of inquiry form part of parliamentary practice and history in all the Community's Member States and in every country that has a system of parliamentary democracy.