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...
ability cases emergency locate lose member necessary save states time urge
The ability to locate emergency callers can save lives, and I urge the member states to lose no more time in making the necessary changes, so that these proceedings and all other pending cases can be closed.
develop eu further help market regulation
This will help the market develop without the need of further regulation at EU level,
laws present
At present I see very different interpretation of laws in different countries.
ask companies consumers lower offer prices
We want consumers to ask for lower prices and the companies to offer them.
agreement interests solution sure
I am sure we will find a solution in interests of the internet, ... We think we could have an agreement on what's on the table.
businesses concerns raises remove trust
RFID is very important to businesses and it is very important to citizens, but it also raises concerns about trust. If we don't remove the trust problem, well then the business won't fly.
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Several operators have proposed special offers to customers. I hope they will all wake up and give special offers,
countries country fact linked organism parts problem rules
There is a problem as many parts of the world don't like the fact that one country is linked to the organism that technically rules the internet, ... Many countries would like a multilateral approach.
goal information people release
Participation of people in decision-making is the real goal of e-government. Governments have to do more than just release information to the public.
business charged charges consumers customer delivered high higher internal lower market people tariff time traveling
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.
best concrete conditions growth investment proposals sure
I will then come up with concrete legislative proposals by the end of this year. I want to make sure we get the best conditions for investment and growth in e-communications markets.
advertising consumer editorial goal increase information interfere placement product
Our goal should be to increase consumer information while acknowledging that product placement is a form of advertising and that it should not interfere with editorial independence.
expect similarly
I expect Europe's top-level domain, .eu, to become similarly as important as dot-com.
domain equal expect few footing name powerful thousands
I expect thousands of applications to be filed in the first few hours. .., making '.eu' a powerful domain name on equal footing with '.com'.