5 Amendments of Olga SEHNALOVÁ related to 2010/2278(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that efforts to achieve the Single Market need to concentrate on the concerns and rights of citizens, consumers and SMEs, and in particular to present and to communicate these issues to the public more effectively, in order to overcome the current ‘European fatigue’;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls upon the Member States and the Commission to promote communication with citizens to ensure their rights are widely understood and enforceCommission and the Member States to adapt communication to the needs of ordinary citizens to the fullest extent possible, for example by making all public consultations by the Commission available in all EU official languages or by using language in such a way that the ordinary citizen can understand;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of training civil servants in Single Market rules, market surveillance and product safetyCalls for support for training programmes for public authorities and consumers in the field of EU legislation underpinning the Single Market which aim to ensure they acquire a better understanding of their rights and corresponding responsibilities;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the programme does not sufficiently analyse the causes of market fatigue or the expectations of Europe’s citizens from a revived Single Marketcauses of market fatigue and the expectations of Europe’s citizens from a revived Single Market are not sufficiently analysed, and that the Commission’s communication with citizens, whether at central level or through regional representations in the EU Member States, is unsatisfactory both in its form of language and in the communication channels employed;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – point d
Paragraph 17 – point d
d) to develop an effective communication policy on the Single Market Act, based on a policy audit assessing its tangible benefit (tangibility) to citizensimprove the communication strategy towards end users so that citizens will be better informed about the benefits of the Single Market, the focus being mainly on the advantages offered them by the Single Market and on the resolution of their everyday problems (such as, for example, bank charges, comparison of the prices of goods, and so on);