” ” ” “"I hear many people say they no longer trust the EU because they think it has taken too much responsibility and has become very complicated and hard to understand. But when in our surveys we ask for the Europeans’ opinions they tell us the EU should take care of such issues as unemployment, globalisation, pensions, health care, education, the environment …". Margot Wallström, deputy president of the EU commission and responsible for communication strategy, explains the latest initiative to involve the citizens in the EU integration process. "We would like to know adds the Swedish commissioner what the citizens expect of Europe and what they are worried about as Europeans". Basically this is a website (http://europa.eu.int/debateeurope/) for discussing the future of the EU, translated into 20 languages. "These discussions, which we ask all citizens to take part in, belong to Plan D for dialogue, debates and democracy, in response to the EU council’s request to reflect on the vote against the Constitutional Treaty expressed by France and the Netherlands". The suggestions that will come up from the online poll will be taken into account by the EU Commission, which will then draw up a regular report about the "pause for reflection" that is being taken across the EU. ” “
