Viviane Reding
Viviane Reding
Viviane Redingis a Luxembourg politician, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament. Before starting a professional career as a journalist for the leading newspaper in Luxembourg, the Luxemburger Wort, she obtained a doctorate in human sciences at the Sorbonne. From 1986 to 1998, she was President of the Luxembourg Union of Journalists. On 27 November 2009, she was elevated in the "Barroso II Commission" to Vice-President responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. She is affiliated with the...
measures six work
But if self-regulation does not work then we will have to take some measures ... We will have a look at this after six months,
competitor
At this speed, .eu will become a real competitor to .com.
abroad cost hard mobile phone using
The cost of using your mobile phone abroad is hard to believe.
basis future market monopolies
The future of our telecom market is not in establishing new monopolies on the basis of the old ones, which over the years we have managed to dismantle.
aims clearer commission competition consumer encourage enhance fairer industry informed knowledge
The Commission aims to give the consumer the knowledge to make an informed choice, to enhance competition in the industry and to encourage fairer and clearer pricing.
basic bit centers commission competence digital european framework help means member property providing reality rights states truly turn using
The European Commission will help to turn this into reality by co-funding centers of competence for digitization and providing a truly European framework for protecting, accessing and using intellectual property rights in digital libraries. Member states will have to do their bit by providing the basic means for digitization.
clever use members
If the EU and its 25 member states make a clever use of all policy instruments, broadband for all Europeans is certainly not out of reach by 2010.
communication phones people
It is high time that the E.U.'s internal market delivered substantially lower communications charges for consumers and business people traveling abroad. A mobile-phone customer should not be charged a higher tariff just because he -- or she -- is traveling abroad.
jobs reality europe
If we use our policy instruments wisely with regard to broadband, we can do some very practical things to make 'growth and jobs' a reality in the less-developed and rural regions of Europe, too.
issues decision competition
The decision on the right balance between competition and investment can no longer be solely a national issue.
bills telephones borders
It's unacceptable that consumers are punished on their telephone bill simply for crossing a border.
europe important levels
I expect Europe's top-level domain,. eu, to become similarly as important as dot-com.
investment policy industry
Our policy is to encourage investment and promote freedom for industry to innovate.
equal-pay practice principles
The principle of equal pay for equal work is written in the EU Treaties since 1957. It is high time that it is put in practice everywhere.