Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-07-Speech-4-142"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020207.6.4-142"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-07-Speech-4-1432
lpv:speaker	lp:Regina Bastos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (2000-09-01--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I voted for this report, which is an excellent initiative for creating a coherent, clear and effective policy at Community level on the problem of illiteracy. This is a problem that has never received the attention it deserves, probably because until very recently it was taken for granted that the more highly developed countries did not have problems of illiteracy due to their systems of compulsory education. It should be noted that the last Community actions specifically concerning this problem were approved in 1987. Nevertheless, the OECD report on reading and writing, published in June 2000, clearly shows this not to be the case, in other words, that illiteracy is a reality in our countries, entailing high economic and social costs. The OECD defined literacy as “the reading and writing abilities that adults use in their everyday lives, at work or in the community, to achieve their objectives, to acquire knowledge and to increase their potential”. This being the case, the existence of illiteracy is a negation of one of the most basic human rights, which is the right to education, and is also a barrier to access to other rights, because it prevents people from improving their standard of living, restricts access to the labour market, limits individuals’ freedom of expression and, consequently, their participation in society, and prevents them from enjoying the civic rights to which they are entitled. The figures available to us on the scale of this phenomenon at Community level cannot be underestimated, because they affect a considerable percentage of the population of the Union European between 15 and 65 years of age. It comes as no surprise, but always with considerable unhappiness, that my country, Portugal, is the worst affected. Unless something is done, this problem will only get worse. ("@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"The President cut the speaker off pursuant to Rule 137 of the Rules of Procedure)"1

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