Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-700-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU homelessness strategy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110913.45.2-700-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-13-Speech-2-701-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ryszard Czarnecki2
lpv:spokenAs	member; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; INTA (2009-07-21--2012-01-18)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I have particular reason to speak in this debate, because this issue is, for me personally, a very important one. My interest is based on a family tradition. In the 19th century, one of my forebears founded shelters and hostels for the homeless in the Polish city of Kraków. This shows the problem to be a very old one, very much older than the European Union. Then – as now – the state also often shrugged its shoulders helplessly. Today, of course, we can keep saying – and it is true – that this is the responsibility of the European Union’s Member States and not the Union itself. However, I think that moral and ethical considerations do allow the European Parliament to point out what should be done and to persuade the Member States to coordinate action in this area. The crisis has shown something which was once kept shamefully hidden. The crisis, like water which has subsided, has shown the truth of the matter – it is, in fact, a problem which, if not common, is certainly growing all the time. We have spoken here, of course, about speculation in the property market. It is also necessary to mention the banking and lending system in general, as it has often been the cause of people who borrow ending up, sooner or later, on the street – they become homeless. This is a much wider problem, that of a modern civilisation which is engulfed by consumerism and is creating an ever greater underclass of people who cannot cope with this situation. We should also keep this in mind. Finally, I would like to say that this issue transcends political divisions. We can all make the effort to speak together, stressing with one voice the moral obligation to help these people, all the more so because there are increasing numbers of them in every country, both rich and poor."@en1
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