Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-09-02-Speech-2-085"
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"Mr President, social Europe is a splendid goal, and a great deal has already been done towards achieving it. Nevertheless, the existing inequalities and the new challenges facing the world create the risk of permanent social divisions in our societies at many levels: between children from rich and poor families, between the well and less well educated, between men and women, between immigrants and those who have been Europeans for generations, between persons of different sexual orientations, different ages or in different states of health. I could give many other examples. The struggle against inequality in and outside the workplace is a fundamental task for us. The European Union and the Member States must respond to real needs, create real opportunities and new hopes in the interests of all the citizens of Europe.
The new package of Commission initiatives in the field of the European social model is a long overdue and incomplete supplement to activities undertaken at national level in the struggle to improve the standard of living of European citizens, reinforce their rights and combat discrimination. I am hopeful that the new directive on equal treatment, which as a socialist group we have long been demanding, will enable us to say we are really combating all forms of discrimination. Revision of the directive on European Works Councils, which is at present fulfilling its role as an instrument for social dialogue, is a positive element in the social package. We still have to contend with incomplete protection of workers in the drastic restructuring processes imposed by globalisation. Legislation on social policy is also of enormous importance for the political awakening of Europe and Europeans and the restoration of faith in a common project, especially in view of the institutional crisis and the imminent elections to the European Parliament."@en1
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