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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, allow me say that I am very pleased to see this exchange regarding the internal market and consumer protection entered as a priority debate this morning.
In the context of economic crisis, Mr Barnier, the internal market is an asset that we really must develop. Within this internal market, of course, it is consumption which is perhaps the most important driver that we need to support in the very short term. Not any kind of consumption, however. We need the sort of consumption that prepares for the future, that is in line with the challenges of sustainable development, responsible consumption that is not always seeking to promote discount products that are supposed to enhance the purchasing power of families but which, in fact, are often mediocre in quality and which derive from the almost systematic relocation of their production outside the Union. We know who their main victims are: the consumers with the lowest income, the most vulnerable consumers.
In short, we must re-establish trust between consumers and businesses, especially distribution businesses, to strengthen and promote the development of our EU’s internal market. I would like to address a very clear message to the Commission. Yes, Mr Dalli, you will have our support, but we experience that unease born of the risk associated with the distribution of competences between yourselves. We fear that this will lead to the fragmentation of your responsibilities. At the same time, we shall be very much on the alert to see that you are really working together in a coordinated manner. We expect consumers’ interests to be genuinely taken into account in all the European Union’s policies, in the spirit of the Treaty of Lisbon.
I shall give you an example immediately that links not only Mr Barnier and Mr Dalli, but also Mrs Reding. It is time to follow up the Green Paper on collective redress. We expect you to make progress on this matter. Since you have referred to it, by the way, Mr Dalli, I would like to ask you whether you already have a schedule on this matter. We also expect you to come up with a specific new European form so that this collective redress will avoid the all too familiar abuses of the US system, so that we come up with something that can benefit everyone, that does not pit the interests of one side against the other.
I would like to congratulate our fellow Member, Mrs Hedh, on her very complete report. I would like to pay particular attention to the emphasis she rightly places, in her report, on consumer education, which is essential and which must continue throughout life, since it is not only a matter for young children but also for consumers, given the extent to which products change and marketing forces become more sophisticated.
In conclusion, I would just like to tell you that the indicators, the scoreboards, are all very well – and this is from a former statistician-economist – but they are no substitute for political will, which is what really must spur us to action."@en1
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