Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-09-02-Speech-2-091"
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"Mr President, President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, current economic and social circumstances call for a strengthened social Europe. Whereas 16% of today’s European population is on the bread line, discrimination is still marked and generally widespread.
Economic policies increasing unemployment, and insecurity, deepen citizens’ crisis of confidence at the expense of Europe and its prospects. In this context, the renewed social agenda represents a step forward in the field of social legislation after a long period of inertia.
Nevertheless, only three of the raft of proposals are legally binding while the rest are recommendations and non-legislative communications. We are therefore coming to the conclusion that the new social package will have a limited effect on the lives of European citizens.
The intentions are good, as can be seen from the new draft directive against discrimination. This represents an important success for the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, since it supported the proposal for a horizontal directive in order to end the hierarchical system of Community protection from discrimination. Nevertheless, the new social agenda appears to lack ambitious goals and clarity, and has serious shortcomings.
For this reason, clear policy measures, a halt to rapidly increasing inequalities, and the improvement of living and working conditions are required."@en1
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"Evangelia Tzampazi (PSE )."1
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