Comment Neelie (Kroes)

Making speeches talk

Politicians' speeches are important for shaping the policy debate, but they are too often designed as one-way messages.

We want to open up conversations around them, by making speeches commentable phrase by phrase.

Where best to start than from the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes?

So just select a speech below and click on the phrases that you want to comment.

Latest speeches

Roaming for the smartphone generation

SPEECH/12/344 - Brussels, 2012-05-09 - European Parliament Plenary debate on Roaming
0 comments

Defending media freedom

SPEECH/12/335 - Brussels, 2012-05-08 - European Parliament Seminar on Media Freedom in the EU Member States
0 comments

Connecting the creative sector

SPEECH/12/334 - Brussels, 2012-05-08 - Opening of the "Letsgoconnected" event
0 comments

Empowerment, innovation and efficiency for the health sector

SPEECH/12/331 - Copenhagen, 2012-05-07 - eHealth Week Opening Plenary
0 comments

Internet Freedom

SPEECH/12/326 - Berlin, 2012-05-04 - Re:publica conference "The European public on the Net"
6 comments

Using ICT to build Sustainable Cities

SPEECH/12/320 - Brussels, 2012-05-03 - Smart Energy & Sustainable ICT Conference
0 comments

The European Commission and Parliament: building the e-EU together

SPEECH/12/296 - Brussels, 2012-04-24 - European Parliament, Structured dialogue with ITRE Committee
0 comments

Investing in our digital future

SPEECH/12/294 - Copenhagen, 2012-04-24 - COSAC Conference of national parliaments
2 comments

What does it mean to be open online?

SPEECH/12/275 - Lyon, 2012-04-19 - World Wide Web Conference 2012
8 comments

Building the companies of the future

SPEECH/12/282 - Brussels, 2012-04-19 - European CIOs of the Year
0 comments

Opening Science Through e‑Infrastructures

SPEECH/12/258 - Rome, 2012-04-11 - European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities Annual Meeting - "Open infrastructures f
3 comments

Ingredients for ICT success in Italy

SPEECH/12/259 - Rome, 2012-04-11 - Italian Digital Agenda Annual Forum (Confindustria Digitale)
7 comments

Active and healthy ageing: from strategy to implementation

SPEECH/12/254 - Brussels, 2012-04-03 - European Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing conference
1 comments

Ensuring the Cloud happens with Europe, not to Europe

SPEECH/12/238 - Brussels, 2012-03-29 - European Internet Foundation event on Cloud Computing
0 comments

eHealth – Accelerating Innovation

SPEECH/12/239 - Brussels, 2012-03-29 - Conference with KPMG
0 comments

Towards the future at the speed of light

SPEECH/12/232 - Brussels, 2012-03-28 - Photonics21 Annual meeting
0 comments

Giving Europe's scientists the tools to deliver

SPEECH/12/218 - Copenhagen, 2012-03-23 - International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2012)
3 comments

A European Strategy for Internet Security

SPEECH/12/204 - Brussels, 2012-03-21 - High Level Public-Private Security Roundtable
12 comments

Wanted: more women in ICT

SPEECH/12/169 - Brussels, 2012-03-08 - Launch of 'Get Online Week',
0 comments

Unblocking the broadband bottleneck

SPEECH/12/166 - Brussels, 2012-03-08 - Cable Congress of the European Cable Communications Association
4 comments

Most discussed speeches

Creativity for the Creative Sector: Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age

SPEECH/12/30 - Brussels, 2012-01-24 - European Parliament Intellectual Property Forum, European Parliament
28 comments

Making online transactions easier, more trustworthy and more transparent

SPEECH/12/03 - Brussels, 2012-01-11 - Remarks at Press Conference on eCommerce Action Plan Communication
16 comments

Transforming learning through technology – new tools for teachers, new opportunities for students

SPEECH/11/836 - Berlin, 2011-12-01 - 17th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training
14 comments

Internet security: everyone's responsibility

SPEECH/12/68 - 5 February 2012, 2012-02-06 - 48th Munich Security Conference
14 comments

Innovating for Europe

SPEECH-NC/11/30 - Rome, Italy, 2011-11-30 - European Forum for Innovation Conference programme: http://efi.eai.eu/
12 comments

A European Strategy for Internet Security

SPEECH/12/204 - Brussels, 2012-03-21 - High Level Public-Private Security Roundtable
12 comments

"Build, Connect, Grow": The road towards borderless eGovernment

SPEECH/11/767 - Poznan, 2011-11-17 - 6th Ministerial eGovernment Conference, Poznan
9 comments

Incentives to invest in the future: creating an open, competitive telecoms market

SPEECH/11/815 - Brussels, 2011-11-28 - Speech to ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association)
9 comments

Setting up the European Cloud Partnership

SPEECH/12/38 - Davos, 2012-01-26 - World Economic Forum
9 comments

What does it mean to be open online?

SPEECH/12/275 - Lyon, 2012-04-19 - World Wide Web Conference 2012
8 comments

End of Year Message

SPEECH-NC/12/21 - Brussels, Belgium, 2011-12-21 - Youtube
7 comments

Ingredients for ICT success in Italy

SPEECH/12/259 - Rome, 2012-04-11 - Italian Digital Agenda Annual Forum (Confindustria Digitale)
7 comments

Internet Freedom

SPEECH/12/326 - Berlin, 2012-05-04 - Re:publica conference "The European public on the Net"
6 comments

Books in the 21st century

SPEECH/11/660 - Frankfurt, 2011-10-13 - Frankfurt Book Fair – Opening address to representatives & members of Federation of Europe
5 comments

Opening Europe's telecoms markets -BEREC's crucial role

SPEECH/11/666 - Riga, Latvia, 2011-10-14 - Opening Ceremony for the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) Office
5 comments

Who feeds the artist?

SPEECH/11/777 - Avignon, France, 2011-11-19 - Forum d'Avignon
5 comments

Learning through technology; learning about technology

SPEECH/12/70 - 7th February, 2012-02-07 - Launch of eSafety label project on Safer Internet Day
5 comments

Working together to deliver the Digital Agenda

SPEECH/11/862 - 7 December 2011, 2011-12-07 - Joint annual reception Digital Europe, ETNO and GSMA
4 comments

Using technology to support freedom

SPEECH/11/873 - Brussels, 2011-12-12 - Press conference on "No disconnect Strategy"
4 comments

Unblocking the broadband bottleneck

SPEECH/12/166 - Brussels, 2012-03-08 - Cable Congress of the European Cable Communications Association
4 comments