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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparatory work for the European Council in Brussels on 24-25 October2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021023.1.3-034"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-23-Speech-3-0352
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are facing a very complex European Council, and I should like to wish the Danish Presidency every success in this. We owe it to the presidency, the European Union as it stands now, as well as the candidate countries to be able to take some serious decisions. Crucial decisions will need to be taken within a few months, and in my view it is especially regrettable that we are still finding out that 79% of the people in Europe are claiming to be badly informed. This is not only regrettable, but also very dangerous, because a huge number of people in Europe – indeed in all the Member States – feel uncertain and unsafe. This uncertainty and lack of information about enlargement only serves to intensify these negative feelings. I think it is high time we explained to people that enlargement could be a springboard for a safer Europe, a Europe that gives them greater security, and it is also high time we reassured them that Europe need not become less social, less prosperous or even less democratic as a result. It is high time we told them that – and started working on that. This is why, just as our group chairman asked the President of the Commission, I should like the Commission to tell me exactly what its information plan looks like, and I should also like to ask the President-in-Office of the Council whether it might not be a good idea to discuss this with the government leaders at this important European Council after all? Large-scale European information campaigns with sizeable advertisements in major newspapers may help to some extent, but the euro campaign has taught us that we should make use of decentralised information methods. We must involve the governments and civil society in the Member States. If we do not, people will never be sufficiently informed. Are there such plans in the pipeline? Are there plans afoot to quickly set up a campaign in this way? Mr President-in-Office of the Council, taking into consideration the fact that quite a number of governments in Europe have left a great deal to be desired in this area, will you be quizzing your fellow government leaders about this?"@en1

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