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"I should like to congratulate Mrs Figueiredo on her report on the social situation in Europe. The report makes a critical diagnosis, supported by figures that amply demonstrate the social inequalities that still exist in Europe, which have been exacerbated by the recent enlargement.
I endorse the need, flagged up in the report, to:
‘prioritise tackling the issues of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion’ and to create ‘long-term quality jobs backed up by workers' rights’;
keep this situation in mind when the broad guidelines for economic policies are set out, namely the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact, the revision of the Lisbon Strategy and the decisions on the Financial Perspectives and the Structural Funds for 2007-2013; and
support the structural development of the least-favoured regions, in particular the outermost regions.
Of the measures put forward, I should like to highlight the particular significance of those aimed at fostering equality and combating discrimination in the area of women’s rights, as today we celebrate International Women’s Day; and those such as the ‘living wage’ in the fight against poverty, in light of Portugal’s pioneering and clearly successful experiment with the ‘Minimum Guaranteed Wage’ under the previous socialist government."@en1
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