He slams what he calls a lack of "political morality" and "democratic accountability" in government.
Byrne said combining independent science with law-making in an FDA-type committee would erode democratic accountability.
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An alternative, and attractive, source of democratic accountability might be found in Europe's national parliaments.
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Democratic accountability via free elections is the only lasting antidote for cadmium rice, melamine baby formula and other horrors.
It is, after all, always difficult for politicians to remove democratic accountability, whatever its failings, once it is there.
Democratic accountability via free elections is the only lasting antidote for cadmium rice, melamine baby formula and other environmental horrors.
Others recognise that decisions over tax and spending with their direct impact on voters' lives will need greater democratic accountability.
"On the contrary, his bill emasculates these recommendations by diluting every proposition which aims to introduce democratic accountability, " he said.
Jim Williams of the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama says that the constitution destroys democratic accountability at the local level.
That, of course, raises questions about democratic accountability but Mr Barroso's approach was less about belief and more about what might work.
The idea is to jump start the democratic accountability of police forces.
They are unlike current schools - there is not the sort of governing body which has a democratic accountability in the locality.
Or is it, as the National Union of Teachers claims, legislation that "rides roughshod" over the tradition of local democratic accountability of schools?
One obvious concern is the dilution of democratic accountability when services are delivered through arm's length companies rather than "in-house", under direct political control.
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He said it could increase instability and currency speculation, and greater democratic accountability was needed instead, as well as the break-up of the big banks.
We've witnessed a growing confidence, an increase in democratic accountability.
He went on to say there had to be "some form of democratic accountability and a link back from the national authority back to the local areas".
EU's lack of democratic accountability (acutely felt by the British, who dislike the reform treaty that Mr Brown aims to ratify without a referendum) won't solve themselves.
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This is not because it is a shining example of efficiency and democratic accountability, but because its overall economic and fiscal outlook is, at the moment, surprisingly robust.
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New euro-zone institutions will wield brutal powers without democratic accountability.
The main argument against is that democratic accountability is undermined.
That's why we will introduce a British Bill of Rights - not only to strengthen our liberties, but to ensure greater democratic accountability over the creation of any new rights.
The key problems Europe faces are instability in the eurozone, a "crisis of European competitiveness as other nations across the world soar ahead, " and a lack of democratic accountability, Cameron said.
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So he will be under huge pressure from some in his shadow cabinet not to concede the ground of "democratic accountability" to the Conservatives, and risk the ire of most of the popular press.
This will reestablish the original Congressional check on Executive power, and democratic accountability for regulatory burdens, so politicians can no longer hide behind faceless bureaucrats to evade public scrutiny for regulatory drains on our freedom and prosperity.
He intended to urge the bloc to address three big issues: the crisis in the euro zone, a crisis of competitiveness that is allowing other regions to move ahead and a lack of democratic accountability and consent that is felt deeply, particularly in Britain.
Extracts from Mr Cameron's speech released on Thursday night - before it was postponed - indicated he intended to set out a "positive vision" for the future of the EU but to warn of a growing "gap" between the EU and its citizens "which represents a lack of democratic accountability and consent that is - yes - felt particularly acutely in Britain".
Privatisation replaces democratic oversight and accountability with a contract culture that is a job creation scheme for lawyers.
Moreover, such a transaction would undermine the basic tenets of free markets, including democratic voting, accountability and fairness.
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