Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-02-20-Speech-3-425"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-02-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The demographic future of Europe (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080220.17.3-425"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-02-20-Speech-3-4262
lpv:speaker	lp:Gabriela Crețu2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partidul Social Democrat (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 substitute; EMPL (2007-12-18--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2007-12-10--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"We have here a very good report, which seems to have said everything. We thank those who worked on it. Nevertheless, allow me a reformulation that is not a figure of speech. Our general goal, as politicians, is to arrange relationships between people in the society, so that we can all live as long as possible keeping harmony between us and nature. If we accept this goal, we have no demographic problem. In fact, we are subject to a demographic study only by an unjustified simplification and ignorance of what we are. There are other indicators measuring the situation of people, as population, and we know them. They are called human development indexes. From this point of view, the European Union countries are ranked at the top of the most advanced countries, which is good. The challenge is not to change the demographic behaviours, but to accept that we need to change our economic and social model. It is superior to other models, but inadequate. It lagged behind our own development as people. There is a gap between our general goal and the organization of the social environment and the economic relations, between declaration and facts. We say it is necessary to have more children born. In the meantime, 30% of Europe’s children live below the poverty threshold. We ask women to give birth to children, but single mothers experience the biggest risk of exclusion. The employment rate has to increase, but social services should not be financed. We export problems and we want to import solutions, but citizens are not a market. We have to humanize the economic and social relations if we want to solve this problem. This is the big challenge."@en1

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