European Parliament
Marc Tarabella (PSE )
(FR)
Thank you for your response, Commissioner. It does not surprise me insofar as it confirms precisely the Commission position expressed in the action programme that has just been adopted for the period 2007-2012 and that has the sole aim – I quote – of guaranteeing a high level of consumer protection and of guaranteeing the effective application of consumer protection rules.
How does the Commission intend, in practice, to bring proceedings against those Member States that, regarding guarantees or distance selling, for example, do not properly apply the existing directives and that expose consumers who try to take advantage of the internal market to very serious risks? Finally, do you not think that, contrary to the spirit of the Treaty, the policy of this Commission has turned the citizen as consumer into the poor relation and the reject of this internal market?

