1 Amendments of Donata GOTTARDI related to 2007/2287(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls the importance of developing financial education as a complement to adequate consumer protection; calls on the Member States and all the stakeholders to take and coordinate measures to raise financial literacy among citizens – including children, young, employees and retirees – with a view to empowering and educating consumers to seek better, cheaper and more appropriate products and services, spur competition, quality and innovation within the industry, build up financially literate consumer organisations able to counterbalance the role of business in the process of preparing regulation; recalls that citizens who are confident in investing can provide additional liquidity to capital markets;