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"Madam President, I would like to thank the three Commissioners for being here today. We are experiencing a crisis that can only be overcome by reviving trade. There is no doubt that SMEs are the pillar underpinning the European economy and there is no doubt that we need more Europe and less market fragmentation.
The digital revolution offers us many possibilities, and one of these is, without any doubt, electronic commerce. An increasing number of consumers buy online, but they only do so at a national level – things are more complicated at a European level. Market barriers do not help, and electronic commerce is almost non-existent at this pan-European level.
In my opinion, and I have said this several times, the way out of the crisis is digital, and the time has come to go from poetry to prose. It is time for action. Our SMEs need concrete measures to increase their pan-European options and to develop their full potential in a market of more than 500 million consumers. Consumers, meanwhile, need a pan-European market that offers sufficient guarantees to allow them to trust in a true digital single market, in which they can buy products in the knowledge that their rights are assured, with freedom of choice and at a good price.
The Consumer Rights Directive is a good first step. I would like to know what next steps the Commission has in mind with regard to copyright, data protection, VAT, accounting rules, a single domain for online transactions, conflict resolution, product shipping, etc."@en1
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