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"Madam President, as we have already heard, 80 million European citizens are living with disability in the European Union. That is equivalent to 16%. Of them, one in four is at risk of living below the poverty line and only 30-40% are in work. They face obstacles, both physical and social, low employment rates and social exclusion.
However, their fate cannot be determined by an accident of birth. They are entitled to equal opportunities in life. My congratulations to Mr Kósa on his innovative recommendations. I also agree that they need to be integrated and implemented in the Commission’s new ten-year European Disability Strategy, because we need solutions that will safeguard better access for people with disabilities to goods, services and new technologies, equal access to digital literacy and appropriate education and training systems and a plan for everyone that will safeguard accessibility, independent living, freedom of movement and the implementation of e-europe initiatives.
It is only by making proper use of people with disabilities that we shall be able to attain the employment target of 75% set in the EU 2020 strategy."@en1
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