Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-20-Speech-2-247"
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"en.20080520.23.2-247"2
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"A genuine consumer protection policy must obey various principles.
Firstly, there must be a fair income distribution and redistribution policy, based on decent wages, adequate returns for producers, specifically small- and micro-scale farmers, manufacturers and traders, to encourage markets close to the areas where the food is produced and promote food security and sovereignty.
Secondly, there must be an effective policy to combat speculative trade and finance, and there must be information for consumers and guarantee of transparency.
The report, however, pays little attention to these issues; on the contrary, it advocates positions that are more concerned with defending the interests of economic and financial groups and liberalising services than with consumers as a whole, although in parts it does contain some positive proposals, except that this is in a totally neoliberal framework in which consumers are the weakest link in the whole process.
For example, the report stresses that enhanced liberalisation of the services market in particular is needed to promote competition, thus offering lower prices for consumers, which we well know is contradictory and serves only the interests of companies. That is why we were unable to vote in favour of this report."@en1
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