Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-01-15-Speech-2-207"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080115.24.2-207"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-01-15-Speech-2-2082
lpv:speaker	lp:Katrin Saks2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-04-24--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond (2006-10-09--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2006-10-09--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Mr President. Given that a third of the world’s children do not have enough to eat and one sixth of them do not go to school, it may appear odd to talk about poverty in Europe. All the same, the problem does exist and it is of particular concern that the number of children living in poverty is much greater than the number of adults. In fact, this does not in the main mean that children go hungry but that the opportunities needed for development are not there. I should like to draw your attention to the fact that in the new Member States the turbulent development of the market economy has brought with it a great deal of stratification, which very acutely influences children’s well-being. Social problems in their turn magnify this. And it is not merely a tragedy involving children. A considerable proportion of human resources – the very thing which in my home country of Estonia is in increasingly short supply – remains unemployed, for example, and for that reason this is a problem for the Member States and the Union. Even though most policies on children fall within Member States’ competence, I wish to stress the importance of the European Union strategy, indicators, databases and reports. I hope that their influence will increase further for the Member States. As a politician I know how difficult it is to explain to one’s own electorate why for example one’s neighbours care about children more."@en1

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