| www.euronews.com Alex Taylor "We all hate annoying bureaucracy and a mindless filling out of useless forms, whether it be on paper or on the net. Is the European Commission doing anything to reduce red tape from our daily lives or is it part of the problem? Here to answer your questions is the EU Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Maroš Šefčovič. Did I pronounce your name right?" Maroš Šefčovič: "Perfect, very good, very good pronunciation." Alex Taylor: "You say Maroš....?" Maroš Šefčovič: "Cheftchovitch" Alex Taylor: "Cheftchovitch. OK right. You're ready to answer our citizens' questions?" Maroš Šefčovič: "Absolutely, yes." Alex Taylor: "First question to you from Rafael." "I want to know why the administration is so burdened with paperwork. There's so much of it in relation to the administration; unemployment, the school enrolment of children.... there's just too much! There are plenty of Municipalities, lots of jurisdictions, regional and federal and it's very difficult to understand it all here in Brussels." Alex Taylor: "We all thought that the internet was going to make things much easier, less paper and so forth. It's not the case, why?" Maroš Šefčovič: "Not always but I have to agree with our citizen here that sometimes we still have overlapping competencies, especially between the local and national level and sometimes even the European one." Alex Taylor: "Can't you do anything about that?" Maroš Šefčovič: "Yes of course. I think ... |
