” “"We have to work hard, the world is changing fast and Europe risks lagging behind": Meglena Kuneva, new MEP for consumers’ policies, presented on Wednesday 7th February, in her first press conference in Brussels, the Green Paper of the Executive, which aims at promoting "a process of deep revision of the EU regulations on consumers’ protection" for people who shop online. "Nowadays, people who shop online are not protected enough, and the complexity of the applicable regulations gets in the way of any new initiative. We have to find new solutions to the new problems. Can we afford to have 27 small online malls in Europe and leave the consumers without the choice, lower prices and bargains that come from competition?" According to the Commission’s experts, "consumers’ confidence is one of the main factors that steer spending in the different fields of economy" and it is "clear that consumers do not feel completely at ease yet when shopping online to make the most of all the opportunities that this market offers". Actually just a tiny share (6%) of consumers does their shopping online. ” ” ” “
