Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-15-Speech-2-434-077"
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"In the light of increasing cross-border consumption and the fact that consumer protection is often neglected in this area, focusing the EU strategy more closely on consumer protection is an important move. In particular, we need to improve food safety, reduce misleading advertising, combat cross-border scams involving advertising trips and increase the enforcement of consumer legislation. However, we do not require a new consumer organisation in order to do this. Instead we need better cooperation and increased coordination between the Member States. It is doubtful whether the EU is really interested in consumer protection, given the deregulation of packaging sizes, which has resulted in a great deal of confusion among consumers. There is also a noticeable lack of action on food safety at an EU level. Furthermore, the European Food Safety Authority is coming under repeated criticism and the wide-ranging authorisations of genetically modified organisms without mandatory labelling run contrary to a whole-hearted commitment to consumer protection on the part of the EU. On account of these contradictions, I have abstained."@en1
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