Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-11-Speech-4-111"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-04-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020411.4.4-111"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-04-11-Speech-4-1122
lpv:speaker	lp:Luciana Sbarbati2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito repubblicano italiano (1999-07-20--2003-03-29)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, by some mistake my group was not able to speak during the debate and so I will restrict myself to delivering an explanation of vote, which I am very happy to do having been the rapporteur of a report on the subject of old age dealing with the communication ‘Towards a Europe for all ages’. I feel that the European Parliament’s undertaking to present a report today, a report endorsed by all, moreover, is extremely positive, for it overturns that wholly negative preconception of elderly people as a burden, a dead weight carried by society, which, indeed, fails to accord them that attention we would wish them to receive. The elderly are ultimately a resource and must therefore be considered in positive terms. European Union and world policies must start to be more attentive to elderly people, to show more appreciation of the humanity and culture they have to pass on which is extremely important for the younger generations, culture which can be manifested at the level of work for elderly people who are still active, culture which is expressed not least in terms of awareness and familiarity with history, which humanity must consult increasingly closely if it is to avoid those huge errors which are currently being made, especially at the level of world stability and peace. I feel that this resolution contains extremely positive points relating to the European Union’s active policies on elderly people, in terms of both free time, work and rights of citizenship, and, most importantly, in terms of the potential for action still possessed by the elderly which they can most certainly use to the benefit of the community as a whole. Therefore, in expressing our support for this resolution, I feel we can say we have also made a contribution to the events in Spain and to the Second United Nations World Assembly too."@en1

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