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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-09-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030924.2.3-140"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-24-Speech-3-1412
lpv:speaker	lp:José Ribeiro E Castro2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Popular (1999-11-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". The Commission communication on adequate and sustainable pensions analysed the first National Strategy Reports presented by the Member States in the field of pensions. The Commission’s analysis covers the adequacy of pension systems, their financial sustainability and the need for modernisation. It goes without saying that I welcome the rapporteur’s conclusion that the Member States have already started their reform processes, and that a number of them have put major reforms into practice. This, I am happy to say, is the case in Portugal. There is also a clear awareness of the need for further reforms in order to safeguard the long-term sustainability of pension systems, which is linked to sound public finances. I feel that it is of the essence to eliminate from this debate any demagogic and stormy rhetoric styling itself as the ‘champion of workers’ rights’. The unsustainability of many national pension systems is due to demographic change, and we may be sure that it will indubitably do serious and – unless something is done to stop it – irreparable harm to all retired workers, both now and in future. Like the rapporteur, I welcome the close cooperation between Member States in this area. Moreover, because I agree with most of his conclusions relating to three fundamental objectives – adequacy, financial sustainability and the modernisation of pension systems – I voted in favour of the report."@en1

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