Europe Direct Information Centres in Spain
These European Commission Centres exist to help EU citizens find practical information and advice on exercising their rights in the European Union
Today, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission presented the next phase of development in "Europe Direct Information Centres".
These centres can assist EU citizens in finding practical information and advice on exercising their rights in the European Union. There are now 500 centres across Europe, catering for the 500 million people who form the European Union.
"Europe Direct Information Centres are our frontline - the public face, the eyes, ears and mouth of our policies and of the rights of citizens on the ground," said Vice-President Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. "The figures are staggering: the Centres received over a million questions last year alone. So today we are extending the network so the centres may continue to play their part in answering citizens questions and helping to stimulate a European debate at local level."
The first generation of centres was launched in 2005. People across Europe have been using them more and more ever since. Just for the past four years of the second generation, centres received as many as about 3.3 million personal enquiries, organised more than 41,000 events and answered more than a million e-mails.
The European Commission have a very useful map so that citizens can search the nearest centres to them, and there are centres in Almeria, Murcia and Alicante for all those who may have reason to wish to contact the European Commission.
Click for map, Europe Direct Information Centres, Spain
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