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"Mr President, I would like to begin with a phrase from the rapporteur’s explanatory statement in which she clearly states that extreme poverty and social exclusion must be considered to be a violation of human rights and illiteracy an intolerable violation of those same rights.
Furthermore, we must remember that, as she herself has said, between 10 and 20% of the European population is functionally illiterate. The situation of these people severely restricts their ability to find decent work and to integrate themselves into the society in which they live. They also have difficulties in reading some of the official documents which we regularly present.
This situation really contributes to the fact that, in a prosperous continent such as Europe, between 18 and 20% of people live in poverty, if we consider that they are below 60% of the average in their country of origin. This is an intolerable situation.
The rapporteur proposes a series of objectives which we agree with and which must be taken into account in future decisions.
Firstly, a definition of the different forms of illiteracy – which we still do not have – with common criteria and mechanisms.
Secondly, common action against the situation of functional illiteracy, with an open method of cooperation between the various countries. This fight against illiteracy must be incorporated into other Union policies and must be taken into account whenever we talk about education and training. There must be a timetable for specific achievements, and Parliament must take account of the progress made, as the rapporteur has said. The matter must be integrated into equal opportunities policy. We have just discussed another report which speaks about this and we are perfectly aware that illiteracy figures in all countries are always higher amongst women. And finally, there must be participation by social agents and the sectors involved.
This participation is crucial. In previous programmes to combat poverty, as you will recall, there were concrete projects which spoke of the crucial importance of participation by all the sectors involved."@en1
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