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"Mr President, consumer rights have become a part of social rights, which means that educating us to be good consumers means, in fact, educating us to be better citizens. Despite the fact that, in this report, we deal with many groups of citizens and their protection, I do not detect any focus on or more attention being paid to the rights of young people as consumers. Young people are becoming consumers at a lower and lower age and, at the same time, they are the most innovative group of consumers. They are open to new things, such as purchasing through the Internet.
This is why it is really important to educate these consumers and, for example, the introduction of compulsory education on consumer rights into the curriculum of elementary schools across the whole European Union can surely help in educating a new generation, which will be more responsible and aware of its rights.
Of course, we should not forget other generations either, and we should continue to inform people and educate them about consumer rights in general. Only this way can we improve the whole situation in the field of consumer rights, otherwise we will have 800 directives in vain if people do not know how to utilise them."@en1
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