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"The promotion of the rights, prosperity and wellbeing of consumers is one of the EU’s core values. I welcome the European Commission’s initiative of creating a Consumer Agenda, which should be an umbrella for all the important topics and challenges in the area of consumer protection. In this sector, there is an urgent need to reduce the inequalities existing between European consumers, to apply and implement the legislation in force, and to confront the new challenges that society faces today: the globalisation of markets, the digitalisation of the economy, the ageing population, carbon emissions, and food protection. Consumers have little awareness of their rights, and this should be combated with better information, better labelling, and an active role for public authorities and consumer organisations. Particular protection needs to be ensured for categories of consumer who are especially vulnerable, whether because of disability, or because of their delicate social and financial situation. I consider it important to adequately support – in financial terms and others – consumer organisations as a means of combating consumers’ information deficit and, downstream, to give European supervision authorities greater powers and responsibilities."@en1
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