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"The report on mobility of people with disabilities, which I voted in favour of, refocuses the debate on the targets of the EU 2020 strategy for people with disabilities. However, I disagreed with paragraph 53 and voted in favour of the amendment urging the Member States to approve the proposal for a directive against discrimination. The Member States continue to make minimal efforts in supporting this specific social group (many have not signed or ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) and, as a result of the financial crisis, numerous Member States, including Greece, have made unacceptable cutbacks in public spending in this sector.
The much higher target set for the integration of people with disabilities into the job market (from 30% today to 75% by 2020) is at risk and there is no sign of any improvement in the current ratio of one to four people with disabilities living in poverty. Clearly, the EU and the individual Member States need a new, more ambitious and obviously more generous strategy. Every developed society has an obligation to provide equal opportunities and to safeguard the right of all citizens, without exception, to enjoy the same rights."@en1
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