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dcterms:Date	"2002-06-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Social inclusion2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20020610.6.1-110"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Konstantinos Alyssandrakis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to congratulate Mrs Figueiredo on her detailed report and introductory speech. I should also like to thank the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs for adopting almost all the proposals tabled by the Committee on Culture. Our committee considers that education, culture and sport are major factors of social inclusion. I should point out here that, if these factors are to have a positive effect, they need to operate in a beneficial social environment, an environment, for example, which knows how to make the best of highly skilled graduates of the education system. We go on to identify a number of important points. Our committee feels that measures to prevent and combat social exclusion in education and culture must be firmly anchored in the public sector. More importantly, it considers that a free and public education system is a prerequisite to free accessibility without exclusions and calls on the Member States to provide free compulsory education for a minimum of twelve years to all children. It also considers that the education system should provide young people not only with basic skills, including digital skills, but also with a profound understanding of society that will enable them to become conscious actors of social progress. Taking account of the large number of young unemployed people, the Committee on Culture calls for the institution of "second chance" schools to be strengthened. It also calls for measures to be taken to combat illiteracy, ensuring a mastery of the mother tongue and the learning of other languages. We also call for special programmes for immigrants to learn the basic language of their host country. Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the debate held in the parliamentary committees and concluded in plenary today is without doubt a useful and interesting debate. However, it is not enough. As the Committee on Culture points out, we need to implement specific actions in the fight against social exclusion if we are to make any headway before we next address this issue."@en1

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