Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-17-Speech-1-055"
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"en.20031117.5.1-055"2
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"Mr President, Commissioner, the equal value of all people is fundamental to the European Union. That, at least, is the message in speeches made on solemn occasions. Actual practice leaves a lot to be desired, however. The European Year of People with Disabilities is coming to an end. In the course of the year, the searchlight has been directed to a more than usual degree upon the situation of people with disabilities, and it has revealed a lot of shortcomings. It is excellent that these deficiencies are being brought to light, but something also needs to be done about them.
The equal value of every person must, then, also be the criterion for what needs to be done. People with disabilities are still discriminated against. It is not a matter of isolated cases. Instead, discrimination is the rule, rather than the exception. What is at issue is being able to cope successfully in everyday life, faced with a lack of jobs and problems using shops, post offices and banks, buses, trains and ’planes. It is about being able to use public services and to read newspapers, watch television and listen to the radio. The fact is, there is a host of difficulties for people with disabilities, making clear the need there now is for a new, all-embracing directive concerning the rights of people with disabilities."@en1
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