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dcterms:Date	"2001-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Commission)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010515.10.2-244"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-15-Speech-2-2452
lpv:speaker	lp:Mihail Papayannakis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Synaspismos tis Aristeras kai tis Proodou (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you for your reply, Commissioner. I more or less agree with what you said, except for your comment that if the rate of growth increases, poverty can be reduced. In Greece, as in other countries, I think, we have seen that it is precisely when there is growth that the gap between the incomes of 20% of the population and the other 80% widens and that is where the problem lies. It is perhaps a good thing that you, rather than the Commissioner for social affairs replied, because this is indeed a question of growth. I think that this is where the Commission needs a more joined-up position. Of course, as the Greek government has not sent you its plan, we cannot comment on it. But I would remind you, Commissioner, that its previous plan to combat poverty had a very low take-up rate and very little impact. I therefore hope that we shall discuss this again on the basis of the plan because you too have an important role to play. I imagine that, over and above what you said, the question of taxation and the question of social security also play a very important part in reducing the gap between poverty and wealth, to put it one way. And what worries me – although perhaps I misunderstood – is that the Commission’s view is not very clear cut."@en1

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