Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-13-Speech-4-163"
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"We have abstained from voting in the final vote on Mr Belder’s report on the accessibility of public web sites.
The report indicates a number of problems experienced by disabled and older people, a matter which is important and to which attention should be given. Creating conditions enabling disabled people to participate fully in society is also very high on our liberal agenda.
We believe, however, that it must be the task of the Member States to take responsibility for measures designed to adapt public web sites. In general, there should also be very considerable restrictions on regulating Internet services, for the World Wide Web depends for its dynamic development precisely upon its having operated without regulation or subsidies.
We believe in the principle of subsidiarity whereby decisions are to be taken as close as possible to the people they affect. That is why we actively promote the issue of a constitution for the European Union in which the division of responsibilities is clear to everyone. It must be perfectly clear to everyone that the EU should only concern itself with those issues it is best placed to deal with, namely the cross-border issues. All other issues should be dealt with at local, regional or national levels."@en1
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