It is time that ordinary citizens, and not just big business, feel the direct benefits of the EU's single market, the European Commission said on Tuesday confirming its subtle shift away from ever-more EU market legislation towards empowering consumers.
"The single market is not only for big business, it is for consumers and small business as well", commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said presenting Brussels' vision for a "single market for the 21st century Europe."
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