Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-30-Speech-4-038"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation of people with disabilities2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061130.5.4-038"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-30-Speech-4-0392
lpv:speaker	lp:Philip Bushill-matthews2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the European Union is a society of shared values. One way by which we judge our success as a society is how we address the issues facing the most vulnerable members of our society. Last year, as rapporteur on the Commission paper on demographic change, I was invited to speak at a special conference on disability in Graz during the Austrian Presidency. The banner on the platform behind me said simply: to live the same as other people. In English the translation of the word is not just ‘to live’ but ‘to have a life’, and it should be the aim of our society to help all members of society to live and to have a life like every other member of society. UK Conservatives are not persuaded that we need more EU legislation to secure this aim, but we do believe that we need the whole of society to embrace it. We need not just a welfare state, but a welfare society, in which communities recognise their responsibilities for the support of all members of those communities. Governments cannot do everything, but they can become enablers of individual choice, helping people with disabilities to do what they themselves want to do by removing the barriers that stand in their way – barriers in education, employment or simply in getting from A to B. Governments can also promote and enable a culture of independence rather than dependence. Support for people with disabilities is not just about care: it is about support for their desires to fulfil their lives and to live in the same way as other people. We welcome this thoughtful own-initiative report on this important subject, we shall of course be supporting it, and we congratulate the rapporteur."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Leben wie andere auch"1 "Philip Bushill-Matthews (PPE-DE ). –"1 "‘leben’"1

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