Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-08-Speech-3-299"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty (short presentation)2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081008.28.3-299"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-10-08-Speech-3-9882
lpv:speaker	lp:Katrin Saks2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-04-24--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (2006-10-09--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2006-10-09--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Social inclusion and child poverty are things we should take seriously and in that respect the committee’s initiative is welcome. We should nonetheless question whether our plans are ambitious enough. The Member States should take several important steps in this regard. The thing we need most in order to reduce social exclusion is for people to have incomes which are enough to live on. We should acknowledge that in most of the EU States where it is established, the minimum wage does not provide for the normal income. Falling social assistance clearly has a role in social exclusion. Given the current economic depression there is open talk in Estonia, where there have been lively debates on how to balance the budget, of compromises on child benefit. Universal child benefit is something which all children deserve and as such, in addition to being of practical assistance, is of great symbolic significance. As a former Minister for Population and the current President of the Estonian Child Protection League, I am with these matters and I shall do everything to ensure that this support, although costly and inefficient, is not abolished. In addition to income support there are important targeted benefits to vulnerable groups such as the elderly, single parents, households with many children, and the disabled. Benefits of this kind should cover extra costs in connection with personal support, and medical and social care. The benefits in place in the United Kingdom for the elderly during cold weather to enable them to keep their homes warm and combat energy poverty are an excellent example of what other Member States, including Estonia, should take as a model."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"au fait"1

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