” “For the first time in Europe, this year the most commonly used medium has been the Internet: the Internet has been used by 52% of the European population, and the average use has been 4 hours a week, thus exceeding the average of 3 hours a week they spend in reading papers. Is the Internet a new way to "empower" the citizens? To what extent do we still need traditional media? All questions that have been discussed at one of the four parallel sessions that took place yesterday afternoon in Bergamo (Italy) during "Empower", the European Civil Forum on Communication. On the invitation of the European Commission, over 400 delegates of 300 NGOs from 27 countries (including Romania and Bulgaria) have met until tonight to give their contribution as to how to improve dialogue and communication between citizens and the European Union. (to be continued)” “
