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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 March 2008) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080312.3.3-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-03-12-Speech-3-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Magda Kósáné Kovács2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 treasurer; PES (2007-02-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Today’s debate has been preceded by heated discussions over the past few days. The old, worn-out liberal slogan of ‘let the market function and it will solve all the problems’ seems to have been resuscitated. I, meanwhile, am happy to belong to the sort of political family that has spoken out very firmly in defence of Europe’s social values and has reminded us of the fact that protecting human dignity is a duty that binds the 27-member European Union together. The Commission and the Council have a duty to ensure that the new challenges and growing risks facing Europe have the effect of reinforcing solidarity. Europe’s decision-makers and its parliament of elected representatives, meanwhile, must act together to prevent the emergence of poverty rivalry, to prevent the economy and market competition from bulldozing the weak – children, immigrants, older people, and families. Together they must accept that they are responsible not only for those who earn their living through work, but also for those who have been pushed to the margins of society. The new social face of Europe that emerged in the Lisbon process does not choose between economic or market values and human destinies. In this Europe, the goal is not merely to improve the number and quality of jobs in general; activities that sustain human lives and that are sustainable in the long term are just as much a requirement that we should consider a common value. Accordingly, social welfare provides assistance in times of transition. If these values genuinely foster a desire to mobilise for action, then the 2009 elections could result in European institutions that are even better integrated and more humane than before."@en1

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