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I understand why you are asking these questions Mr Marinos, because you are yourself a highly regarded professional in the media industry, and you know what works and what does not work.
If we want to operate in the different Member States, we must respect the letter and also the spirit of national prerogatives. We have tried in the past, during election campaigns, to have the Commission and Parliament conduct these campaigns jointly. The Commission cannot, of course, take a political stance, but it can take a stance on the information available to the citizen. I think that in the future, in order to reach the wider public as efficiently as possible, the Commission and Parliament should join in their efforts to inform the public of what is happening in Europe.
I would not want this information to be mere propaganda, but I feel strongly that it should be balanced and that it provides answers to our citizens’ questions. I know that this is much more easily said than done. As you will see from the new flow chart of my Directorate-General, this a citizen’s service, which really puts itself at the service of the citizen, and which aims to answer all the questions and meet all the requests citizens may put to it. It does this by using, as Mrs Cederschiöld requested, the most up-to-date technology, but also falls back on the printed word when no other means can be used. If we can, in conjunction with the Member States and Parliament, make use of television, we will certainly do so, but we cannot set up access to that medium if it is not felt that there is a demand for access to it.
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