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A good information and communication policy should improve citizens’ perception of the EU by raising their awareness of the European dimension of citizenship and by showing them the practical benefits in their day-to-day lives of belonging to the Union.
I regret that the EU’s information and communication strategy has fallen well short of its objectives. According to Eurobarometer, the level of public knowledge of basic EU matters is very low and there was a record low turnout for the last elections to Parliament.
I therefore endorse the idea of creating a decentralised information system, whereby the information goes looking for the citizen. This will be complemented by an interinstitutional strategy aimed at strengthening the EU’s image and at stepping up cooperation between the Commission and Parliament, in order to make the best possible use of human and material resources.
This must also involve the Member States and national governments, in conjunction with the European institutions, so that we can derive the maximum benefit from the institutions’ common strategy, and thus ensure maximum impact at local and regional level, which would be to the benefit of the Union and all of its citizens."@en1
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