Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-17-Speech-1-051"

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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	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031117.5.1-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-17-Speech-1-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Andersson2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PES (2000-10-04--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should not wish the European Year of People with Disabilities and the parliament we had last week to be seen as the end, but rather the beginning, of something. Demands have been made in a number of areas. Now, it is a question of implementing them. The Commissioner said that mainstreaming should apply to disability issues. I share that view. Disability policy is not a policy area. Disability issues are part and parcel of all policy areas. In those areas in which the EU has competence, disability issues are therefore also an area of responsibility for the EU. For example, one area of competence for the EU is people’s freedom of movement. That applies to everyone, including people with disabilities. Transport is also one of the EU’s areas of competence, and transport for all, including people with disabilities, also falls therefore within the EU’s competence. It is regrettable that the Member States have not implemented the directive concerning the equal treatment of people with disabilities in the workplace. That must not be used as an excuse for not producing directives in other policy areas. What signal would that give to those Member States which do not want to do anything? They would, of course, imagine that, if they did not do anything, no further measures would be put in place. We know that directives are needed that cover all the relevant policy areas, and that is what we demand. I shall conclude by mentioning two other important areas to which attention should be given over the next few years. The first is the new Member States. Even though we face challenges in the present Member States, the challenges are still greater in the new Member States. The second is the debate about the future. We must push our demand for majority decision-making when it comes to anti-discrimination. The country that is least ambitious where discrimination is concerned must not be allowed to determine the agenda. That is why majority decision-making is needed in this area."@en1

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