Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-14-Speech-1-141-000"
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"Mr President, the report is right to place the consumer at the heart of what takes place in the European internal market. Guaranteeing the free movement of goods, services and capital must genuinely serve the needs of EU citizens. I would like to point out that although there has been a clear change in terms of consumer awareness and familiarity with consumer rights, Europe is still divided as regards this sensitive issue. We must put our full weight behind the Commission’s efforts to ensure that from 2012 onwards, there will be clear changes in consumer protection both within Member States and in cross-border matters. We must reinforce information networks and place greater emphasis on the provision of information and resources for consumer protection campaigns, consumer protection surveys and product testing. Identifying individual anomalies and violations of the law is straightforward if those affected have appropriate instruments at their disposal. I would just like to mention the product test carried out in the spring which showed that in Slovakia, some manufacturers do not think very highly of buyers in Central European markets. I hope that the Commission’s new initiative will bring about transparency in consumer protection legislation and improve its implementation."@en1
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