Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-10-23-Speech-2-474-000"
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"en.20121023.45.2-474-000"2
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"The Europe of which we want to be proud is not limited to the common market, but prioritises people and puts citizens at the heart of European policies. I therefore welcome the designation of 2013 (20th anniversary of the introduction of citizenship of the Union at Maastricht) as the European Year of Citizens, which is intended to ensure that all citizens are aware of their rights in a cross-border context. In 2009 it was estimated that the number of EU citizens living in a Member State other than their own was around 12 million, adding that 35 % of citizens would consider the possibility of going to work in another Member State. However, much still needs to be done to fill the gap between the legal rules ensuring freedom of movement for EU citizens and the obstacles that they face in reality, particularly the lack of visibility of Union citizenship and of its concrete benefits for citizens. It is vital to ensure greater visibility in relation to the impact and potential that the right to free movement, as an inalienable aspect of Union citizenship, may have in terms of strengthening social cohesion, mutual understanding, non-discrimination and creation of a common European identity."@en1
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