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"I voted in favour of this report. Over 80 million people, or around 16% of the European Union’s total population, are living with disabilities, and their rate of unemployment is twice as high as that of people without disabilities. People with disabilities constitute a vulnerable group, among whom the rate of poverty is more than 70% higher than average. In some Member States, funding for measures and benefits for the disabled has been reduced as a result of the economic crisis, which has exacerbated the exclusion of this group of people in society even more. I believe that the problems of the recession cannot be held up as an excuse for public austerity measures which include unjustified cuts to services for persons with disabilities or to projects for their social inclusion. I agree that better use needs to be made of the European Structural Funds, particularly the European Regional Development Fund, to improve accessibility to goods and services for disabled people, to reduce the discrimination and exclusion they face and guarantee the right to a dignified and full life."@en1
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