Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2017-02-13-Speech-1-246-000"
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"en.20170213.19.1-246-000"2
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"Madam President, last week’s vote on the Article 50 bill in the UK paved the way for a dangerous hard Tory Brexit. At this point in history, we have a responsibility to speak truth to power and take a moral stand. Contrary to Mrs May’s dangerous and dogmatic spin, Brexit will not be a success for ordinary people and its consequences will be profound and far-reaching, affecting our global geopolitical position, as well as local communities. I recently visited Calderwood House hostel for the homeless in Cumbria and met men and women, including ex-military personnel, whose lives are being transformed thanks in part to European funding which kick-started this social enterprise. An ERDF business development grant of GBP 1 000 has resulted in entrepreneur Rachel Holliday raising more than half a million pounds to renovate a disused building and establish a coffee retail service run by the hostel residents. This is not charity but the homeless helping themselves, and in doing so, lessening the burden on the state. Without EU funding will we have this kind of enterprise in the future?"@en1
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