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"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking the rapporteur, Mrs Figueiredo, and the members of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs for this report on the social situation in the European Union. During the debates with Members of the European Parliament in the preparation of the new social agenda, which was adopted by the Commission on 9 February, I emphasised the significance of your bill. I am using my participation in today’s session to remind us that the preparation of this standpoint, including the debate held by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs with representatives of social partners and civil society, has helped create a new social agenda.
Parliament’s position offers a cohesive overview of the set of problems in this field, of which there are many. Unemployment, uncertainty, poverty, inequality, discrimination. These are genuine, specific problems which cause grave suffering to our citizens. They have the legitimate expectation that the European Union will tackle these problems and help to find appropriate solutions. In addition to this, there are issues such as the impacts of globalisation, economic restructuring, demographic upheaval, and greater diversity in the European Union as a result of the latest wave of enlargement.
The European Parliament asks that the Commission draw up and publish studies and indicators focusing on all these main tasks and their mutual effects. I would like to point out that the Commission regularly publishes analyses and statistics in its political documents, and especially in regular reports, covering issues such as the social situation in Europe, employment in Europe, and industrial relations in Europe. These are documents which always arouse keen interest among journalists and entities involved in social issues. I can confirm that I fully intend to continue this approach. These reports provide a very good cohesive overview of social problems, offer a summary of statistics, and present detailed analyses concentrating on specific themes such as the protection of health, the quality of work, restructuring, discrimination and equality."@en1
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