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"Thank you, Mr President. The Commission’s preliminary announcement of the social package filled the Social Democratic parties and citizens who feel responsible for resolving social problems with hope. Accumulated debts and the series of questions that have just been asked have given an almost surprising picture of how little we have progressed despite our efforts and how many unsolved problems there are. It is a fact that the economic growth of the last fifteen years has not closed the gap between rich and poor, but has actually widened it. However, the rivalry of poverty has taken on a new dimension. Every country has its poor people, and the amount and quality of poverty is different in individual Member States, but we know that it hurts in the same way. However many of the eighteen or so documents indicated in the social roadmap are drafted, the identification of European citizens with the Union can only be reinforced by what is specific and obvious and offers the opportunity for common progress instead of reciprocal tension between rival poverties.
I am pleased that, after many requests from the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission has prepared an assessment of the situation of Roma and of the practices relating to them. Unfortunately, however, it does not outline the framework of a long-term Roma policy. Another question is whether this document does enough to exhort to concrete action, whether it holds out the prospect of an accurate assessment or of Member States failing to take steps and deviating from the desired practice. I feel that the proper resolution is lacking.
We are also pleased about the anti-discrimination directive. The Parliament and the Commission were divided about having to regulate the prohibition of discrimination in a comprehensive directive, and in accordance with the social-liberal viewpoint we ultimately failed to classify the groups that are discriminated against. We can expect the directive to enable the comprehensive protection of people and groups who are threatened in many ways. There is a very great need for this, since hate-mongers, racists and those who want to give only to the worthy may also find supporters among the rival poor. Voters are always right, but they may be misled by populism. Thank you."@en1
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