Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-02-Speech-2-299"

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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.20030902.11.2-299"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-02-Speech-2-3002
lpv:speaker	lp:Carlo Fatuzzo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito Pensionati (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, certainly, the presence at this moment in the Chamber of 25 Members out of 623, including the President, bears witness to the importance attached to this issue – I am serious, in view of the time – the issue of people with disabilities and the consideration given to them by legislation. I am convinced that it is we legislators and politicians who are responsible for discrimination against people with disabilities, because of everything we have failed to do thus far. Mr Mantovani, in 2004, there needs to be a legally binding UN decision to protect people with disabilities – it is necessary because, otherwise, they will not have their rights – and there is also a need for a European directive on disability. I regret this too. I know that if Commissioner Diamantopoulou had the powers of a European minister – the powers of a minister of one of the national states – she would have already resolved the issue of people with disabilities, for we have all seen the importance she has attached to this matter over the past four years. I would like to make one more suggestion – to myself, more than anything – with a view to resolving the issue of disability: given that politicians are deaf, it may be better for us to channel our energies into educating young people – the few who are not – to respect disability. Lastly, Mr President, I will end, if I may, by mentioning a subject which is very dear to the shadow rapporteur, Mr Mantovani, who has been striving on behalf of the non-self-sufficient for a lifetime, and saying that, in too many parts of the world, the non-self-sufficient, in addition to being disabled, are also elderly and do not receive the financial assistance which would allow them to live dignified lives as elderly, disabled people."@en1

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