Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-711-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU homelessness strategy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110913.45.2-711-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-13-Speech-2-712-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Willy Meyer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Izquierda Unida (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2009-07-16--2011-10-04)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I know that the current tendency of economic policy in the European Union towards adoration of the free market and capping costs has resulted in millions of victims and the dismantling of the European social state which is a goal to build towards. The US has opted for public investment; here we are doing the opposite. Moreover, as part of this attack on social welfare, homeless people are being targeted, but the response is merely good intentions. I shall cite an example in my country, Spain: unemployment is attacking Spain as in no other country; it is higher here than in any other country of the European Union. There are people without jobs, people with mortgages, who have to pay their mortgage every month but cannot pay it; therefore, the bank cuts them off, takes away their homes, but they still have to go on paying the debt to the bank. This seems immoral to me. I know that in other EU countries, this does not happen; that is, repossession is legal: they give up the property and once it has been surrendered, all debts are cancelled. It seems to me that what is done in Spain is immoral, and I urge the European Commission to bring in laws so that we have common legislation which enables us to offer this kind of protection to citizens who have mortgages and who have no salary enabling them to continue paying the mortgage and who, even after their homes have been taken away, still have to carry on paying off every month a debt which makes no sense from an ethical point of view. For this reason, I believe that we cannot stop at good intentions, as we are aware that the most important thing would be to change this neoliberal economic policy which is leading us to the destruction of the social sphere within Europe."@en1
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