{"id":11260,"date":"2021-05-06T11:39:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=11260"},"modified":"2021-05-06T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T10:41:40","slug":"european-parliament-creating-stability-for-citizens-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/european-parliament-creating-stability-for-citizens-consumers\/11260\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Parliament: Creating stability for citizens and consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEP Ros Sempere spoke to The Innovation Platform\u2019s<\/em> Clifford Holt about how the European Parliament will continue to play a key role in Europe\u2019s transition to a more sustainable future by including a clear focus on citizens and consumers.<\/h2>\n

The Inter-Institutional Group \u2018SDGs for Well-Being and Consumers\u2019 Protection<\/a>\u2019, which is being promoted by Cittadinanzattiva\/Active Citizenship Network (ACN), the European Consumers Union (ECU), and the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) and supported by 47 associations from 24 European countries, is designed to promote consumers\u2019 rights and support the European Commission\u2019s priorities as outlined in the European Green Deal.<\/p>\n

With many of the priority policy areas for the EU now being further highlighted by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, Europe\u2019s institutions need to act to ensure both Europe\u2019s sustainable future and, moreover, to ensure that the voice of the Union\u2019s citizens are heard.<\/p>\n

Working in collaboration with Cittadinanzattiva\/Active Citizenship Network (ACN), The Innovation Platform\u2019s<\/em> International Editor, Clifford Holt, spoke to Spanish MEP Ros Sempere about the role that the European Parliament can play.<\/p>\n

The transition to a sustainable Europe has to be based on the commitment that \u2018no one is left behind\u2019, as stated by the European Commission\u2019s President Ursula von der Leyen, and that everyone has to be involved in the achievement of this goal. To do so, social concerns should be addressed in full synergy with environmental and economic ones. In this context of a generalised crisis caused by the pandemic, do you think that enough is being done at European level with the \u2018Next Generation EU\u2019?<\/h3>\n

Involving European citizens and consumers in achieving the UN\u2019s SDGs is an important issue. There are three main objectives to the Next Generation EU programme:<\/p>\n