Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-17-Speech-1-047"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031117.5.1-047"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-17-Speech-1-0482
lpv:speaker	lp:Bartho Pronk2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, last week, we had an excellent Parliament for the Disabled. I would, in fact, like all of us, as much as possible, to try to act on the recommendations that this Parliament made. Despite the fact that a large proportion of the policy for the disabled – particularly its medical component – is national policy, it is, however, the case that employment policy, social exclusion policy and internal market policy are of key importance to people with disabilities. I therefore hope that the Commission will give this due consideration. The main reason why we are here today is, of course, as various speakers have already mentioned, this specific directive. I believe that we should really go ahead and adopt it. Mr President, there is something I fail to understand. The Commission has, after all, always referred to the fact that this directive would be too controversial at this point in time, but, Commissioner, you yourself adopted a draft directive two weeks ago that is much more controversial than what we have here. By so doing, you have, in effect, totally undermined your own argument. If you are prepared to table very controversial directives in another field, then I applaud this, for I am always pleased when the Commission is brave. However, you should at least commission the studies so that it is possible to submit this proposal as soon as possible. That is, after all, what we have asked for. Finally, as you indeed already indicated, we will need to give a great deal of attention to the new Member States. I think that it will be some time yet before we know precisely how policy is conducted over there. I found out this week that certain categories of people with disabilities in some countries are not even entitled to identity cards. A great deal still needs to be done there, but this also applies to the current European Union, because people with disabilities are still too much the invisible citizens whom we forget all too easily."@en1

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