EPP-ED Group:

Seminar of the EPP-ED Group in Genval (Belgium)
on the new economy
26/27 April 2001

"It makes a lot of sense for EU governments to make conditions easier for the E-economy, to increase digital literacy among the young, to try and plug the skills gaps apparant in the short fall of Information Technology workers in Europe and to bridge the digital divide between those who can use the new technologies and those who cannot".
(Peter Norman, European correspondent of the Financial Times)

Hans-Gert Poettering, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group (right)
with Peter Norman

"There is a whole new generation coming along who knows how to do new things with the Internet. We are still at the beginning of certain developments. The role it plays in selling politics will become more and more important"

(Phil Noble, founder of "PoliticsOnline" and Fellow at Harvard University)

Phil Noble, founder of "PoliticsOnline" and Fellow at Harvard University

"The Internet involves such a change in society which obliges us to reconsider
the very nature of politics and democracy"
(Alain Madelin, MEP)

From left to right: Alain Madelin, MEP and Hans-Gert Poettering, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group

"Information technology must support the citizen's rights to transparency. Internet can play a decisive role in the discussion on our common future"
(Carl Cederschiöld, Mayor of Stockholm)

Carl Cederschiöld, Mayor of Stockholm

"The new economy will be an economy where the mobile telephone will be used more and more"
(Chris Gent, President of Vodaphone Mannesmann)

Chris Gent, President of Vodaphone Mannesmann

Seminar of the EPP-ED Group in Genval (Belgium) on the new economy 26/27 April 2001

Seminar of the EPP-ED Group in Genval (Belgium)
on the new economy
26/27 April 2001