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"Well, of course this is a constant struggle to make sure that we can provide information – that we can provide interpretation and translation in all 23 official languages. Sometimes we are not able to respond fully to that because we lack interpreters, for example, or we have not yet a full staff that can respond to this request, but I take note of your comment on that and we will look into it as well.
I will also make a visit soon to Lithuania and I am sure I will hear more about this, but this is not due to a lack of will from the Commission. It is the starting point for any communication that you can communicate, hopefully, in your own language and understand what is being told, also in your own language. Therefore, we will continue to endeavour to make sure we provide all the necessary resources for doing so; therefore I fully respect your question and I think it is a very serious one.
Well the other point was of course a comment and it is a fact that we have to start where citizens are. We have to respond to the questions they have, and of course the truth is that very rarely do they start by asking about the Treaty provisions or an amendment. They start by asking, What do you do about immigration? What do you do about climate change? How do you fight the problems that we see as cross-border problems, and how do you deal with that?
And this is how we have to respond, and in an everyday language. I think that what has actually helped – and this is something I take credit for – is that we have now started with these citizens’ summaries to all the proposals that we present. Also in our work programme, we will have an accompanying citizens’ summary, and I see that this is very useful, and we have to continue along these lines."@en1
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