Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-08-Speech-2-074"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Social situation in the European Union2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050308.7.2-074"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-03-08-Speech-2-0752
lpv:speaker	lp:Panayiotis Demetriou2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-29--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (2004-10-14--2005-06-08)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-07-22)3 unknown; Dimokratikos Synagermos (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2006-09-06)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Union's objectives, according to the European Constitution, are to achieve full employment and social progress, combat social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection. Just how far away we are from these objectives is illustrated by the information set out in the Commission report: twenty million European citizens are unemployed and seventy million are on the verge of poverty. Violence against women and inequality between men and women have not disappeared. For the rest, we are celebrating Women's Day today. What are we actually doing to wipe out violence against women and the family, when the results of research under the Daphne I programme have yet to be applied? When there are such social deficits, we cannot in fact talk about social protection and justice. Unfortunately, the Lisbon strategy has proven so far to be inadequate in drastically tackling the deficits in the social sector in the Union. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union places man at the heart of its action. The Council and the Commission talk about progress and increasing averages in the various social sectors. However, the minimum levels of civil and social rights of each citizen defined in the charter are evaluated not by averages, but by personal criteria. Sustainable development and social justice make sense not only when the general indicator of the economy and of human prosperity increases, but when social cohesion also progresses. Consequently, the main objective of the Union should not only be how to improve the life of the majority of citizens, it should basically be how to make the bad life of any minority into a good life at least. The time has come for radical decisions and effective action. The responsibility lies with the Commission and each Member State of the European Union. The roadmap of the Lisbon strategy should be adjusted to the new circumstances. The objective is a dignified life for every European citizen, for every European citizen without exception."@en1

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