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"The answer to the first question by the honourable Member is ‘yes’, particularly because we need to discuss these issues.
The Trio – the French, Czech and Swedish Presidencies – agreed to reinforce dialogue on issues relating to health and elderly people. For instance, there was a conference on Alzheimer’s, and the conference I referred to, held a month ago, referred to dignified treatment of elderly people. So it was an opportunity to discuss this issue, and the conclusions will be discussed in EPSCO at the end of November, where we will also, of course, consider the report by the European Parliament.
Concerning the retirement age, this is something that every Member State decides itself, but in the discussions we have on the Lisbon strategy – not the Treaty, for once – on how to increase growth, development and employability and the demographic challenge that we will face, this is, of course, an issue to take into consideration – how to use the competence and experience of elderly people also and to find ways of letting them stay in the workforce. It is not up to the Council to decide exactly the age this should happen, but rather to encourage all Member States to make full use of their labour force."@en1
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