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"Mr President, Mr Yiannitsis, Mr Prodi, I have been unable to sleep for several nights; by not sleeping I cannot dream and this makes it difficult for me to give the explanations of vote which I normally give in this Chamber. Therefore, I turn to you for reassurance, in particular President Prodi, not just because he has a persuasive, calm, reassuring, almost paternal voice, but also and above all, because of the statements made so far. Why am I worried? Because many pensioners are worried and cannot sleep either. They know, as I do, that the Presidents-in-Office of the Council try to balance the accounts, for economic reasons, in any way they can, even by cutting expenditure intended for pensioners. Pensioners agree with having accounts that balance – and what well-balanced accounts they are – but some of them only have their pension to live off. The approximate number of people living exclusively off a pension does not exceed one hundred million in Europe, without taking into account the candidate countries, and they say: ‘We are all for balancing the accounts, but why not cut expenditure other than that intended for pensions?’ In some States, for example in Italy, there are laws, adopted by previous governments but still in force under the current government, according to which a 99% disabled person who has worked for a few years is given a pension of EUR 30 a month and widows of young men who have died are given pensions of EUR 18.
Can we be reassured – and therefore sleep peacefully – that cuts will be made, as is only right, but that this will be done wisely?"@en1
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