Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-24-Speech-1-045"
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"Mr President, a few weeks ago, nine blind passengers, having taken their seats in London on a Ryanair aeroplane bound for Italy, were requested to take subsequent flights as there were already four disabled people checked in for the flight. Although the airline cites in its defence security considerations in the event of an emergency evacuation, it seems unacceptable to me to trivialise discriminatory practices of this kind.
Among the founding values of the European Union is one in which we must take particular pride, and that is solidarity towards the weakest. Increased attention is being paid to disabled people and to their ability to access public buildings and services. It is therefore shocking that a European airline should hide behind the argument of security considerations in order to discriminate against blind passengers.
The truth of the matter is that the excessive emphasis on keeping flight costs low no longer allows for special attention to be paid to passengers needing help: there are no staff to look after them. Profitability is the only goal in mind, regardless of any human feeling. That runs counter to humanitarian values, of which Europe can be proud. I wanted publicly to denounce this matter in this House."@en1
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