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"Mr President, not only must we enact good legislation, we must also listen carefully to the citizens. I am thinking, for example, of the Single Market Forum held in Kraków, at which the participants adopted the Kraków Declaration. We have achieved a great deal since then, and a great deal has happened in areas about which both citizens and business people made known their expectations, such as public procurements and the recognition of professional qualifications – the Commission’s proposals on recognition are already being worked on in Parliament. We are currently also working on the out-of-court settlement of complaints brought by consumers about purchases made online. Work on roaming, which was also one of the main problems – particularly for young people – has been completed successfully, and many other examples could be mentioned.
We face challenges – very serious challenges – such as postal services, for example. There is no rational reason why cross-border postal services are still so extremely expensive. They are a hindrance to the development of electronic trade, which means they are slowing the growth of the European economy. Communication with the citizens is a total failure, and it is essential that we improve the way public consultations are conducted – no progress has been made on this for years. We have now reached 20 years of the single market, and we are holding a Single Market Week. I hope this will prove to be a good opportunity and that good use will be made of it to listen to the citizens and to set, in partnership with them, the priorities of our work. You said, Commissioner Barnier, that we have to build Europe together with the people, so let us do precisely that now – this year – in the single market."@en1
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