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"Mr President, I very much welcome the opportunity to address these questions to the Commission. We are well aware in this Parliament of unemployment across the European Union, but of course young people with disabilities are likely to have the greatest difficulty of all in getting their first job in any sector, even the new ones. So the accessibility proposal mentioned by the Commissioner would be welcome, but we would also like to see a really strong and active implementation of the anti-discrimination directives already on the statute books.
Cuts – as we know – are reducing the possibility for independence and social inclusion, even in those countries which have been most progressive. Indeed, as my colleague Marian Harkin has said, there is mounting evidence that people with disabilities face growing hostility in a number of Member States. A recent poll by the UK charity Scope showed that two-thirds of respondents had recently experienced hostility – up by 40% in just four months. This is being stoked by parts of the press, even quality papers like
. We are seeing at the moment short-term economic thinking, which will have incredibly dreadful long-term effects."@en1
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