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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20101019.6.2-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-19-Speech-2-1582
lpv:speaker	lp:Ivo Belet2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, one in six inhabitants of the European Union is at risk of poverty: young people up to 17 years in particular, but many elderly people are also vulnerable. Poverty is increasing, including among Europeans who do have jobs. Therefore, I believe we need to take an initiative at European level, too, ladies and gentlemen. Economic growth, better education and training, more jobs: we are, of course, entirely in favour of this, but it is clear that this is not enough and that we need a specific policy to fight poverty. As has already been said here, this is actually one of the flagships, one of the priorities of our new EU 2020 strategy. What is it about in specific terms? It is about living in dignity – the right to live in dignity – and about food, housing, clothing: basic things that are evidently not guaranteed in our prosperous European Union in the year 2010. Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, that is why I believe that action needs to be taken at European level, too, to secure this minimum income. As Mrs Bastos has already said, this is not an instrument that has to be developed in an identical way throughout the European Union. There must be sufficient scope for Member States to opt for their own specific solution. Yet we do have to keep increasing the pressure to prevent vulnerable persons being left out in the cold. That is why we are expressly calling for a guaranteed minimum income scheme to be introduced in all the countries of the European Union. This would be an important signal of hope to all the most vulnerable persons in Europe, those who are currently affected by poverty and social exclusion."@en1
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