Julia Reda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.
– Mr President, the reform of the Consumer Protection Cooperation was an opportunity to update an important and already well-established system of cooperation of national consumer protection authorities. Parliament went into trilogue with a strong position on much-needed aspects. Consumers who have been harmed need compensation. Dieselgate has shown that we cannot leave this up to the discretion of the companies. Illicit profits would need to be restituted. The trilogue outcome we are debating today unfortunately falls short on these key points of the original Commission proposal. On top of that, it establishes overreaching internet blocking measures that are neither proportionate nor suitable for the goal of protecting consumers and come without mandatory judicial oversight. I am asking you not to just sign off on the trilogue outcome today but rather to please support the plenary amendments that reinstate the Parliament position on these critical issues, in order to really provide an added value for citizens.