European Union
Commissioner Viviane Reding
The European Union, founded in 1992, is comprised of 25 European countries. Viviane Reding, of Luxembourg, is the member of the European Commission responsible for the information society and the media. She has served in this capacity on the Commission since July 2004. The following is excerpted from her November 16, 2005, speech to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia.Today, the opening day of the Tunis summit, is the achievement of a long preparatory process which has mobilized the international community — governments, as well as the private sector and civil society. This mobilization…
