Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-04-23-Speech-1-238"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-04-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Damages actions for breach of competition rules (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070423.23.1-238"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-04-23-Speech-1-2392
lpv:speaker	lp:Diana Wallis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioner for her initiative, and the rapporteur for his report. I want to concentrate on possible consumer actions, so-called collective or representative actions. These should not be the big bogeyman for business that they are often portrayed as. If we want informed and responsible consumers who do not need over-nannying by the state, then the companion of that approach of treating consumers like grown-ups is that we must allow them to take action together to get redress. After all, why should the state alone be the enforcer in anti-competitive matters? It is the consumer who loses as a result of anti-competitive behaviour, but often gets no redress or compensation. There is nothing astounding in proposing this: the right to take action is already acknowledged by the ECJ. What we have to do is to facilitate this, make justice accessible to those who lose and ensure that compensation is distributed in an equitable manner, not just to the privileged few. This has to be the complementary approach to having informed consumers, giving them real power through increasing justice and redress. Indeed, this should assist the better functioning of our internal market. Consumers are often the best judges of what is anti-competitive. We should have no fears about harnessing this force for the general good. Everyone is absolutely clear that we do not want US-style class actions, so now is our unique opportunity to design something European which respects European values of our society and justice."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-president; European Parliament (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2007-02-27--2009-07-13)3 member; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-01-19--2007-06-19)3 substitute; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-21--2007-09-04)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2007-01-16--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-09-04)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Diana Wallis (ALDE ). –"1

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