Press Release: Commissioner Liikanen underlines the need for a common vision shared by nations worldwide at the World Summit on the Information Society

The World Summit on the Information Society, which is to be held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003, represents a unique opportunity to build on the Information Society policies being developed in the EU. This was the view which Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, shared with the Telecom Council on 20 November 2003, when the World Summit was on the agenda. The EU has been very actively participating in the preparatory meetings for the Summit, and Member States have agreed to a common EU approach for negotiations.