Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-07-03-Speech-2-105"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-07-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:ECB and the euro (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010703.6.2-105"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-07-03-Speech-2-1062
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3 member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, by the end of the year, euro notes and coins will be in circulation, and that is almost ten years to the day since the political and legal foundations were laid in Maastricht. Despite this, many people will not realise until then – and it will come as a bit of a shock – that Europe does affect their daily routine. That fact on its own is reason enough to pull out all the stops in order to make the transition as smooth as possible, that is to say without causing irritation among the public. Otherwise, I fear that we will be paying for this in years to come in the form of distrust of the European integration process and, as we stand at the crossroads in Europe today, I do not think that we can afford this. Excellent work has already been done, but we have not completed the task yet, and I would therefore urge that the following be implemented. Firstly, information must be more extensive, more dynamic, more effective and oriented more towards the target group. Secondly, consumers must be frontloaded, in terms of both notes and coins. And if the European Central Bank remains opposed to this, I wonder, Commissioner, if you would not be able to take action in order to make this possible, by amending the Regulation of 3 May 1998. Thirdly, electronic payment must be encouraged, that is true, but it must also become cheaper. A complaint has been lodged with the Directorate-General for Competition in that connection. Commissioner, I would urge you to ask Mr Monti to finally deal with this complaint. Fourthly, cross-border payment transfers must become cheaper, and I could not word it better than Mrs Peijs did a moment ago on behalf of my Group. Mr President, Mr Maaten has done excellent work for which he deserves our appreciation. Let us hope that a political Europe will follow the economic Europe, so that our European currency will also receive the credit it deserves."@en1

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