Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-03-Speech-2-288"
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"Mr President, the report quite rightly speaks out against discrimination, of which 37 million disabled people in the European Union are victims. However, to create a barrier-free Europe for disabled people, to enable them to lead a life and have a career as everyone else does not just require good intentions; it also requires resources.
Yet, if we take just these examples, although the efforts made to provide education are scandalously inadequate, although the most basic facilities are lacking in public places and transport, it really is because Member States, instead of providing the money needed to this basic form of solidarity, spend it on financial support and subsidies to employers. And how can we not condemn the derisory amount that those who are unable to work receive in benefits? How can we tolerate a situation in which insurance companies refuse to insure disabled people or overcharge them, which is a form of discrimination.
It is a pious hope to merely ask the Commission to propose that Member States urge companies to employ disabled workers. Even in the Member States which have financial penalties for employers who disregard the quotas for employing disabled people, the employers prefer to pay the fine and not employ them. When it comes to commercial contracts, however, legislators know how to impose tough rules. Well, equally harsh mandatory measures must be taken against employers who refuse to employ disabled people or who do not adapt the workplace as necessary."@en1
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