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"I did not vote against the Barcelona European Council resolution, Mr President, because I am a staunch pro-European: I am in favour of Europe. I did not vote for it, either, Mr President, because there is something in this document that I do not find convincing: above all, I am not convinced by something in the statement and the results of the Barcelona European Council. What am I not convinced by? The fifteen Heads of State and Government in the Council have agreed to make workers work five years longer, from an average age of 57 to an average age of 62. They announced this brilliant proposal publicly. Bravo! Well done! But rather than making those workers who already have a job work longer, would it not be better to commit to getting the unemployed who do not have a job into work? There are so many of them, and they are mostly young. The Pensioners’ Party is therefore against raising the pensionable age, whether on a voluntary basis, as it should be, or on a mandatory basis, for as long as there is still a single person out of work in Europe."@en1
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