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"Mr President, despite the fact that the European Union is one of the richest regions in the world, there are 116 million people living here at risk of poverty and many others are at the edge of the social safety net and are living in conditions of severe material deprivation and cannot afford the basic goods which are essential for a decent life in Europe.
This, of course, cannot be compatible with European values of justice and solidarity. It is a concrete reflection of the violation of human rights of many European people and tangible proof of the enormous extent of injustice.
The crisis which is expected to materialise in the forthcoming period will further exacerbate this problem. I would therefore like to call on all Member States to vote against the restrictive measures in the social insurance and social assistance system, which mainly infringe the rights of the most vulnerable groups and remove a number of safeguards against social risks. The right to a decent job, the category of the minimum wage and minimum salary are the achievements of modern society, of which we can be proud and for which we have long been fighting for in Europe. This also serves as a model in many other parts of the world. We should therefore not allow anybody to deprive us of them."@en1
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