Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-16-Speech-4-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Information society for All2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000316.2.4-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-16-Speech-4-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Guido Sacconi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2001-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, with regard to the Commission’s communication on the information society, I feel that it is particularly important to underscore the emphasis placed on the need to provide all European citizens with access to new technologies. This is more than an economic challenge: it is a process of profound cultural change which must filter down to every family, every school, every company and every public authority. In order to achieve this objective, although, on the one hand, we do need to promote the spread of new technologies, on the other, it is essential to implement the necessary measures and reinforce the confidence of consumers in the major opportunities presented by e-commerce. There is a genuine need for this, given the suspicion with which our fellow citizens approach these new tools. A high level of protection is essential for the effective spread of the use of new technologies to the daily lives of millions of people, and clear rules will have to be defined if European citizens are to be able to take full advantage of the benefits. In this regard, I had submitted a series of amendments for the attention of the Committee on Industry intended precisely to stress the importance of consumer protection in the project for disseminating new technologies put forward by the Prodi Commission. It was with regret that I learned that only some of these amendments had been included in Mrs Read’s report. I am, however, in agreement with the main points of the report, and I do hope that this omission was due to the unfortunate circumstances which meant that my Committee, which deals with consumer protection, did not have time to produce an official opinion. I trust that during work on the action plan, following the Lisbon Summit, there will be more effective cooperation between the two Committees."@en1

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