Viviane Reding Quotes

#1. It's unacceptable that consumers are punished on their telephone bill simply for crossing a border.

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#2. 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.

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#3. 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.

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#4. Our policy is to encourage investment and promote freedom for industry to innovate.

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#5. 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.

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#6. 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.

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#7. I expect Europe's top-level domain,. eu, to become similarly as important as dot-com.

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#8. The decision on the right balance between competition and investment can no longer be solely a national issue.

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