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"Mr President, as shadow rapporteur for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, I think that the report is a fairly good one. However, I am still astonished at how indifferent our attitude here in Parliament is towards ordinary people, and especially consumers in more vulnerable positions.
Of course, in our fine speeches, we claim that consumers are at the heart of the single market, but, in reality, we tend to give more importance to market forces and economic growth. Consumer protection and increased levels of safety are the EU’s ambitious goals. Vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and children, need protection in particular.
I am pleased that the report is calling for a ban on misleading advertising targeted at children. Advertising aimed at children also affects their relationships with their friends and their social status. Clothes, toys and electronic goods, for example, very quickly show whether a family has money or not. Surely none of us here want exclusion among Europeans to start in the nursery. For this reason, I hope that we can also genuinely convey to companies the notion of the sort of more solidary Europe that we want to take forward."@en1
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