Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-10-19-Speech-2-172"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-10-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101019.6.2-172"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-10-19-Speech-2-1732
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, last Sunday, I met a group of young people in Ireland who are struggling to survive poverty. They asked me, as a Member of this Parliament, whose side I was on. Was I on their side, or on the side of the bankers? That is the blunt question they asked me. They gave me a series of testimonies which they asked me to convey to this Parliament. They pointed out that they are no longer interested in voting because they see no prospect in change by continuing to vote. They say that they are sick of being treated as nothing and that they feel that they have no value to society. I believe that we have to take account of what these young people are thinking. They are our future. I see no evidence that the Commission is actually ensuring that the Member States being urged to engage in fiscal consolidation are taking account of the fact that we must not drive these people – who are already suffering pain – into more pain, and drive people who are currently on the margins into poverty. It is extremely important that we… ("@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2012-02-01)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-16--2012-02-01)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2012-02-01)3 substitute; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-10-07--2012-02-01)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2012-02-01)3 substitute; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Proinsias De Rossa (S&D )."1 "The President cut off the speaker)"1
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