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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Year of People with Disabilities (2003)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031117.5.1-045"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-17-Speech-1-0462
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is true that some important initiatives for debate have been launched during the European Year of People with Disabilities, such as the Congress on Autism, held this weekend in Lisbon, and the European Parliament of Disabled People, which took place in Brussels last week. Everyone had hoped for much more, however, at both Community and national level, particularly in my country – Portugal – which suffers from serious social problems, the highest rate of poverty in the European Union, many forms of discrimination and has seen cuts in fundamental public investment in areas such as education and health. These factors have hit people with disabilities particularly hard, in the name of complying with the irrational criteria of the Stability Pact. Regrettably, we are reaching the end of this European Year without having made any progress on a disability policy and without issues relating to discrimination and the human rights of these individuals being made the top priority of the various Community policies. Until this is done, there can be no real social inclusion. I must point out that the report I drafted on the scoreboard on implementing the Social Policy Agenda, which Parliament adopted in September, focused on the need to present a proposal during this Year of People with Disabilities for a directive based on Article 13 of the Treaty to combat discrimination on grounds of disability. Regrettably, this did not happen. In the documents adopted by the European Parliament of Disabled People last week, priority was also given to the call for this new directive to prevent the raising of further obstacles and to stipulate that the existing obstacles faced by people with disabilities must be eliminated throughout the European Union. This should really happen in the near future. The directive on equal treatment in the field of employment and occupation should also be transposed, establishing a broad definition of disability and laying down strict and effective penalties to be applied if the law is broken. We hope that this year will spark effective policies in this field of supporting people with disabilities and bring recognition of their rights."@en1

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