Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-02-Speech-2-293"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The rights and dignity of disabled people2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030902.11.2-293"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-02-Speech-2-2942
lpv:speaker	lp:Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci2
lpv:spokenAs	member; UEN (1999-07-22--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Alleanza nazionale (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, in the European Year of People with Disabilities, the European Union has the chance to provide a great opportunity for making up for a huge amount of lost time. Politics certainly cannot give back sight to the blind or speech to the dumb or mobility to the sick, but it can and, at all events, must enable people with disabilities to bear the difficulties of everyday life with less physical and mental effort and thus to give them the chance to lead an even more dignified life. Sometimes – as we know from personal experience – it does not take much to give them this chance: removing structural barriers, building according to certain criteria which take into account the needs of a section of our people who have difficulties. Thus, politics has the task of giving the issue due consideration: this is not charity or a work of mercy but recognition of the right to the best life possible. Where, then, a physical disability goes hand in hand with a state of financial need or even extreme poverty – and that is the most common thing in the world – the situation becomes even more tragic. The figures recorded in the report are alarming: there are 600 million people with disabilities, many of which come from the developing world. We can therefore imagine their quality of life. The Union for Europe of the Nations Group, on behalf of which I am speaking, is aware that there is still much which can and must be done to address a major issue which affects millions of families in the world, who are waiting for politics and politicians to respond with practical measures to a topical problem which continues to be urgent. However, the group acknowledges the Commission’s sound proposals and endorses the conclusions drawn by the rapporteur, Mrs Lynn, in her report. We will therefore vote for the resolution, which has the merit of giving many unfortunate people to whom fate has dealt a bitter blow the right to hope once again."@en1

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