Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-03-Speech-3-115"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-12-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU strategy on Roma (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081203.14.3-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-03-Speech-3-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Jan Marinus Wiersma2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2007-09-05--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, in recent times, the European Parliament has emphatically spoken out in favour of developing a long-term strategy for the integration of the Roma in Europe. Over the past year, it has become clear that more needs to be done in this area, primarily by the Member States, but also by the European Union. The Council will soon be addressing this subject again. This alone is a sign that our Heads of Government set great political store by effective policy, with good reason, to counter discrimination of the Roma and their social and economic exclusion. This subject is also high on the Commission’s agenda. In September, it organised the first Roma Summit, in which representatives of the Member States, the Commission itself and in particular representatives of the Roma civil society were given the opportunity to make recommendations regarding European Roma policy. As part of the European Roma strategy, a high-level political meeting should be an annual fixture with a view to checking progress on policy, exchanging positive experiences, but also – should this prove necessary – sounding critical notes. I hope that the Commissioner can commit to this today. More needs to be done, though. This is why the European Council has to set the Commission a clear and specific task to develop a broad, strategic and long-term policy framework in a bid to break the vicious circle of exclusion in which generations of European Roma are trapped. There is no reason to wait any longer with policy proposals. It is obvious what needs to be done: countless studies and policy recommendations have mapped out the bottlenecks. The resolutions of the European Parliament give a clear and specific summary of possible policy initiatives."@en1
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