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"Mr President, I too would like to join my colleagues in congratulating Mr Fatuzzo on his report. When he first came into this House and made his maiden speech, he spoke about the rights of pensioners and the duty that each of us had towards them for the future. A lot of people derided him or laughed at him because of what he had said. However, all I can say to Mr Fatuzzo is:
. The issue of pensions, future contributions and necessity of securing pensions, is partly financial, no matter what anybody says. Of course, first and foremost, we have a social obligation and social concern for the most vulnerable within our society. Unless we put in place a proper financial model and basis for securing universal pensions for all, the system is bound to fail because of demographics and other priorities that may arise.
I think that each of us has to come to this debate and to this argument from the basis of guaranteeing maximum opportunities for employment, maximum opportunities for social protection and maximum opportunities for forward-planning with regard to pension needs. Many people have spoken about how best we can deal with this. I would point Members to the example of Ireland, my own country, where over recent years, we have been putting aside one percent of gross national product to deal with future public pension provision for the year 2025 and onwards. We do not have the same demographic problem in Ireland as there would be other countries, but we have taken that decision now, even though at the moment we could use the money for other things: infrastructure and so on. But we have given that commitment. That is one of the issues that has to be looked at: making a tough long-term political choice rather than a short-term political choice with regard to how we use funding.
The final point I will make, Mr President, is that I agree with the rapporteur when he says that the pension system should include individualisation of pensions, social security and taxation systems. However, we should be opposed to a harmonised and uniform system across the Union."@en1
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