newsitems EU Commissioners Reding+Dalli+EU Parliament Market Committee Chair Harbour to Eurofora on Web+Growth
EU Commissioners Reding+Dalli+EU Parliament Market Committee Chair Harbour to Eurofora on Web+Growth
*Strasbourg/EU Parliament/Angelo Marcopolo/- The EU potential in the Digital Market; if the necessary development of adequate and efficient Legal and On-line Tools for E-Commerce Consumers and Businesses, (including, f.ex. "Pay per view" for Music, Films, NewsMedia as "EuroFora", etc) advances resolutely forward, is really Big and could add a very important contribution to EU Summits' current efforts to generate Growth, replied in substance to "EuroFora"'s questions the experienced EU Commission's vice-President, responsible also for Justice, Viviane Reding, together with EU Commissioner for Consumer and Health policy, John Dali, as well as the active Chairman of EU Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, mainstream British Conservative/Reformist MEP Malcolm Harbour.
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- "EuroFora", observing that this EU Commission's event takes place the same Day that EU Parliament debates "tomorrow's EU Brussels' Summit on Growth", asked Reding, Dali and Harbour to "sum up the ways according to which you think that the Consumers' issues in the Common Market can contribute to the EU Growth objectives, not only in general, but also, and most of all, through the "Digital Market, on line", concerning which, we also added a more particular question on "E Commerce Practical issues" : - Are there "sufficient tools", or not, f.ex. in "Software for Pay per view, which is for Music, for Films, but also for Media, etc., concerning all 27 EU Member Countries", as well as for "the possibility to Pay by Bank Credit Cards, or, on the contrary, "something should be done in order to ameliorate and facilitate/simplify it also for SMEs, but also for Big Companies ?".
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- "To boost EU Consumers' confidence means to boost EU Market, and that will be very Important for our Economy to Grow", sharply replied from the outset Reding to "EuroFora"s main query.
- "But the Internal Market has still many Barriers", and that's why EU Commision has been taking several Initiatives to help Consumers buy over Borders, including by boosting E Commerce, which is also a Citizens' issue, she added.
- "We are concentrating now on Consumers in the Digital age", stressed earlier Reding.F.ex. Consumers Rights also at the Internet, Withdrawal for Contracts concluded on-line, Data Protection, Data Portability, Package "Travel" rules, etc., she indicated.
- "The Digital Market is already on the way, but we want to gear it up", and "implement the rules", working very much on the Enforcement Mechanism, (f.ex. Portal for Justice throughout Europe), It's a real Market, and not only peanuts : F.ex., if Barriers against E-Commerce were lifted, the potential would represent some 204 Billions €, i.e. 1,7% of GDP
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- Growth is generated by Supply, but supply needs Demand in a Market, and demand depends on Consumers, i.e. on how confortable they feel in a given Market, f.ex. by being better Informed and Protected, sharply replied positively to "EuroFora"s main question also EU Commissioner John Dalli.
That's why, => Consumers' issues are "Key" for EU 2020 "Growth" strategy, stressed Dali earlier.
On E-Commerce we have many Businesses in Europe, but they are hindered by too many and various National Legislations, so that we must Harmonize and simplify that at EU level, Dalli added.
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+ Concerning what you asked about On Line Payment methods, we are currently preparing a Report in EU Parliament's Internal Market and Consumers protection Committee, replied also its Chairman, Harbour, to "EuroFora".
On Digital Market, its also what Commisisoner Barnier is currently trying to do, in order to ensure Availability of difital works on line, is very important, added Harbour.
In general, Growth needs Consumers, who, in turn, search to find the best products and prices accross Borders, so that we really need to facilitate that, he stressed, as a matter of general principle for all Europe.
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New Italian Prime Minister, professor Monti, had already highlighted to "EuroFora", as early as since 2009, the big potential of EU's "Digital Market" in generating Growth, as well as into creating Globaly competitive European new, innovative products; as he had told us after publishing a Report required by EU Commission's President Barroso.
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Sarkozy and Merkel want deals with Obama on European Security at Strasbourg's NATO 2009 Summit
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In parallel but concording moves, EU Chair, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angie Merkel both invited this week US-President elect, Barack Obama, to discuss important deals breaking new ground on European Security during the NATO's 60 Years Anniversary Summit of Heads of State in Strasbourg, where Obama is expected to make his 1st visit to Europe as a President on April 2009.
Merkel focused mainly on smoother NATO - EU Defence and Security policy cooperation, while Sarkozy spoke about PanEuropean Security, associating both Russia and the USA, proposing to freeze missile and shields' deployement until an agreement is reached.
But both tackled some hard nuts to crack : Turkey's VETO against the participation of EU Member Cyprus to EU-NATO cooperation, and Russia's anouncement on deployment of missiles up to Kaliningrad, at EU's belly, in reply to USA's wish to set up missile shields in EU States such as Poland or Czech Republic, etc.
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- "Certainly...one of the points that we'll dicuss with the New US President", Barak OBAMA, "who will come f'or the 1st time in Europe as president, at the NATO Summit", co-hosted by France and Germany in Strasbourg, ""concerns, above all, the European Security and Defence Policy" (ESDP), and "the relations between NATO and its partners", with whom it should "work together", anounced earlier this week Merkel.
We must find "a reasonable and adequate concept to articulate NATO and European Security and Defense policy", because of a "series of practical issues, sometimes difficult to understand", but that "we must discuss".
- "An example" of that is "the issue of Cyprus and Turkey", said Merkel, where Ankara raises problems "from Kosovo up to Afghanistan", as also CoE's chair, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt recently observed in Strasbourg replying to EuroFora's questions.
- "We must do something to smoothen this problem for good, and not only on a case-by-case basis, laboriously negotiated each time". Here, we must find "a reasonable and adequate concept to articulate NATO and European Security and Defense policy", Merkel stressed.
- "With good will from all sides, it could and should be posible. Germany wants also to help on that". Otherwise, "the coming generations will not understand why it took Decades to do so". But, if we "don't even achieve that for Decades, this would be an Historic Failure !", the German Chancellor warned
- "I think that our American partners are increasingly realizing that", Merkel said, pleading for "a stronger European Security and Defence policy, with which, I believe, the Atlantic Security Partnership can also strengthen and solidify".
Meanwhile, USA is also due to take in 2009 a special status inside EU-led EUROCORPS, the European Army HeadQuarters, based in Strasbourg.
Merkel said that after meeting in Berlin with NATO's Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, earlier this week, precisely in order to "prepare NATO's Summit", scheduled for the beginning of April 2009 in Strasbourg.
Scheffe, knows well Strasbourg, since he chaired the CoE, as Holland's Foreign Minister, when he brokered a controversial deal precisely on Turkey and Cyprus about the implementation of ECHR judgements on Greek Cypriot displaced persons' houses and properties in 2003. He returned later at least once, for a WEO meeting at the CoE, where he precisely had highlighted such EU - NATO issues.
EU Commission's 2008 Report on Turkey has just observed that, on European Defense - Security policy, "Turkey continues to object to EU-NATO Cooperation which would involve all EU Member States". "This created Problems for EU-NATO co-operation in the context of Civilian ESDP missions, in particular in Kosovo and Afghanistan".
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French EU Chair, President Sarkozy and Merkel are visiting Washington on Friday and Saturday for a Global G-20 Summit with current US President George Bush, on the sidelines of which are expected preparatory contacts with US President-elect Obama's entourage, even if himself might stay in Chicago until he takes over on January 21.
Before going to Washington, Sarkozy concluded today an UE - Russia Summit with Dmitry Medvedev, where they "spoke in length on PanEuropean Security" :
- As EU President, I proposed that we meet on mid-2009 in a framework such as OSCE's in order to set the foundations of a Future Pan-European Security, which would associate Russia and USA, and that, meanwhile, nobody speaks about deploying missiles or shields, which complicate the situation".
- NATO's Summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, on April 2009 is a perfect occasion to discuss with our American friends and to prepare a possible OSCE Summit for these issues f.ex. for June or July", Sarkozy concluded.
- We must all abstain from Unilateral measures" dangerous for Europe's security. "Russia only reacted to decisions taken by some other countries. But if they are ready to cooperate, we are ready to discuss. EU could be an intermediary", added Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, before going himself too at the Washington G-20 Economic Summit.