Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-03-09-Speech-2-030"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-03-09"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Stihler2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I would like to thank the Commissioners and rapporteurs. I was the shadow on SOLVIT, and that is what I would like to concentrate on, on behalf of my group, the Socialist Group. SOLVIT is a great concept and I think Commissioner Dalli summed it up by saying it is all about people. It is citizen-centred, and it tries to help those who come up against barriers and problems created by the EU and to solve the problem in 10 weeks. I know that some people would shirk from the idea that ‘I am from the government and I am here to help’, but SOLVIT is, in essence, a network across 27 Member States which is there to do exactly that: help. I would like to put on record and pay tribute to all those who work in Member State SOLVIT centres. Just last year, I met with the small-staffed team who run the SOLVIT centre in the United Kingdom. The way the SOLVIT centre works in the UK is a model of best practice because it tries and uses a SOLVIT+ model, going further in helping businesses and individuals who contact them with a problem. The team are integrated into the European Regulatory Division within the Department for Business and Industry. One of my many amendments sought to make sure that centres are suitably staffed across the EU with no exceptions. Commissioner Barnier, in December, I raised the issue of SOLVIT in the Chamber when you were present and mentioned that in the autumn in committee, we were told that in your own Member State, the person running the SOLVIT centre was an intern. Members of the committee were horrified. Can I ask, as I did in December, whether that situation has changed? If you are not able to provide the House with that information, can I ask you to clarify it? It is important that SOLVIT centres are well staffed. The internal market is at the centre of what binds us. It is important that our legislation is clearer and easier for Member States to interpret so that the internal market can operate in the smoothest fashion and consumers can reap the benefits of the best price and the highest quality. In conclusion, why is there not a SOLVIT day in the European Parliament? Why do we not have a poster in all our constituency office windows advertising SOLVIT? What can we do to inform all national politicians and their political offices of the benefits of SOLVIT? I hope we will continue to support SOLVIT and help the people we are here to represent."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Catherine Stihler (S&D )."1
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