Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-15-Speech-2-023-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European platform against poverty and social exclusion (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20111115.5.2-023-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-11-15-Speech-2-024-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3 unknown; Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV) (2009-07-14--2012-01-17)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-01-17)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, neoliberal policies and so-called austerity programmes are exacerbating poverty and social exclusion: more than 116 million people are currently at risk of poverty and more than 42 million are surviving under conditions of great material deprivation and extreme poverty. This is nothing short of scandalous in a European Union where big business and the financial sector continue to make large profits. We therefore condemn so-called austerity policies and programmes, and insist on the need to change profoundly EU economic, financial and social policy, which is the root of current poverty; in particular, the Stability and Growth Pact, the Euro Plus Pact, financial deregulation, and the liberalisation and privatisation of essential public services. As argued in the draft amendments that we have tabled, we demand the rejection of such pacts and call for their replacement with a social progress and development pact that prioritises jobs with rights, social inclusion, poverty eradication and the promotion of fundamental human rights. It is important that the Commission and the Council stop pressurising the Member States to privatise and liberalise public property, public goods and services, and social protection systems. There can be no effective European strategy for combating poverty without a decisive commitment to support for production, for creating jobs with rights, for promoting universal public services, and for a fair share of income and wealth, not least through minimum incomes, pensions and wages equivalent to at least 60% of each Member State’s median income. We therefore call for the proposals that we tabled during this plenary sitting to be adopted."@en1
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