Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-12-Speech-1-166"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Year of Equal Opportunities for All2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051212.19.1-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-12-Speech-1-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Sophia in 't Veld2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, firstly I would like to thank the rapporteur for all the good work she has done: it was not an easy task. The Year of Equal Opportunities for All is very welcome because fundamental rights are the close to the hearts of the European citizens and they must be made a reality for all citizens. Against this backdrop there are two issues I would like to raise. First, there is the budget. I think that everybody in this room will agree that it is embarrassingly insufficient – EUR 15 million for fundamental rights! If I compare that to the money we spend on a lot of other things that are less valuable than fundamental rights, I have to say it gives me stomach pains. The second issue is decentralised implementation. That is very good, but I am rather worried about the possibility of cherry-picking by the Member States. I am not entirely reassured by all the warm words we have heard in recent years about fundamental rights, because the reality is different and the Commissioner himself mentioned that some Member States are still lagging behind in the implementation of anti-discrimination legislation. There is still a hierarchy of discrimination and I think that with this programme for the Year of Equal Opportunities for All we should not be encouraging this. I would like to ask the Commissioner to commit the Commission here and now, publicly and on the record, to ensuring that Member States will use the funds available for this Year to target all forms of discrimination equally. This is not to say anything about the way the money is distributed, but we want certain – let us say – more ‘awkward’ groups that are currently suffering discrimination – homosexuals, certain reglious groups or the Roma, for example – to have equal access to this programme with all the other groups that are suffering discrimination. I am looking forward to a positive answer."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Democraten 66 (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sophia in 't Veld,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group"1

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