Hearing of Margot WALLSTRÖM (Sweden), Commissioner designate for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy at EP Committees on Constitutional Affaits and on Culture and Education in Brussels.

Committee on Culture and Education

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

hearing

WALLSTRÖM, Margot (SE)

hearing of Commissioners

2004 Commissioners' hearings (T)

Hearing of Margot WALLSTRÖM (Sweden), Commissioner designate for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy: extracts

SOUNDBITE (Original), Margot WALLSTR&#214;M, Commissioner designate for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, "Europe builds roads, bridges and railways in order to bring people closer together. We have made a success in Transeuropean network of infrastructures, now we have to build a Transeuropean network of humans"

<p>SOUNDBITE (Original), Margot WALLSTR&Ouml;M, Commissioner designate for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, on the main priorities of her mandate, that she would resume in one word: democracy, "Let me be absolutely clear: BARROSO's Commission wants the Constitution for Europe", on becoming more professional in the use of mass media.</p>

SOUNDBITE (Original), Margot WALLSTR&Ouml;M, Commissioner designate for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, on her personal commitment to build a true participatory democracy for Europe..., on defining the limits of the Commission and its role as an information provider  in the process of the ratification of the Constitutional Treaty.

<p>SOUNDBITE (Original), Margot WALLSTR&Ouml;M, Commissioner designate for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy, on the possibility to rethink the policy on education and culture cooperation to  build cultural bridges... - On the idea of a teachers college to bring more EU information to basic education, "How can we have  such a diverse Europe</p>