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"Madam President, Mr Chastel, Commissioners, in the wake of 17 October, which is the day for action in combating poverty, in this the year for action in combating poverty and social exclusion, we know that in 2007, before the crisis, 17% of the European Union’s population were living below the poverty threshold. We do not know the current figure, but we all know that it is high and that such a situation cannot be tolerated. Yes, we are consistent in our commitments, yes, we believe in what we have adopted in basic law, in Article 1 of the Charter which states that everyone has the right to dignity, in the Treaty of Lisbon which sets combating social exclusion as an objective of the European Union, and in the 2020 strategy which sets combating poverty as one of its leading objectives. However, at no time have we defined the means for implementing such a strategy, which means we will fail and our fellow citizens will become disillusioned. We must take a legislative initiative on minimum income and organise the financing ..."@en1
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