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Commissioner’s Dalli interview on protecting Europe
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Commisioner John Dalli gave an interview to the New Europe. Here are some excerpts from the article: The European Union has to be in a position to protect “the common good” of member states as a whole, when it comes to health protection, the EU
Commissioner Dalli presents the new European Consumer Agenda
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The European Commission has adopted its strategic vision for EU consumer policy for the years to come which aims to maximise consumer participation and trust in the market. Built around four main objectives the European Consumer Agenda aims to increa...
Commissioner John Dalli: Ethical issues surrounding animal welfare are becoming an integral part of food quality
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Commission gathers international experts to drive new Animal Welfare Strategy 2012-2015 forward (original source) Brussels, 29 February 2012 – Enhanced consumer empowerment and strengthening enforcement of existing rules are the main objectives...
EU health chief John Dalli: ‘eHealth is no science fiction’
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Here is a recent article from EurActiv, I thought it would be interesting to share with readers who follow the work of Commissioner Dalli and his DG. Interview is originally published here. What benefits can you see in adopting eHealth technologies?
Commissioner Dalli answers on citizens questions
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Here is a video that I mentioned in some of my previous posts – Commissioner Dalli answering questions regarding health and consumer issues. Euronews web site description: What happens if we fall ill in Europe? Do we have the right to go to the...
EU Commissioner Dalli: ‘I never favoured GMO industry’
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Considering the importance of GMO issues, I thought it is necessary to transmit here an article that Commissioner John Dalli gave during a press conference in Malta. European Commissioner John Dalli yesterday said he never “favoured the GM indu...
Commissioner Dalli outlines challenges for 2012
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This blog has been a little bit inactive lately, but that is solely due to lack of time of its author. In the meantime I see that many new euro bloggers joined the blogosphere, but none yet started writing about specific EU Commissioners and their wo...
Does the EU help to consumers and patients?
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I recently watched an interesting Euronews tv show, featuring Commissioner Dalli. Citizens had a chance to ask questions, and some of them were very interesting and relevant. Here, I publish a transcript of an interview, but I suggest you to watch...
Review of Commissioner Dalli’s priorities
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I recently came upon an article from Public Service Review which explains several priorities that Commissioner John Dalli decided to focus on. Article was written in 2010, at the time when Mr Dalli took the position as Commissioner for Health a...
Commissioner John Dalli : The adoption of Food Information regulation is good news for consumers
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On 6th July 2011., the European Parliament adopted a Regulation on Food Information for consumers. During his speech in EU Parliament, Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, made the following statement: “I welcome today’s im...
Evaluating Commissioner’s work…
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My idea was to make a separate blog about each of the 27 Commissioners, but naturally, that wouldn’t be possible to maintain and keep updated. That is why I decided to choose 1 or 2 to start with. I also encourage all other euro bloggers to sta...
Why blogging about EU?
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The answer is simple – We live in a times when globalization and inter-connected world affects our daily lives. I see European Union as a way of enriching, and at the same time protecting our smaller societies. However, EU also has enormous...
