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"To work for months on the sustainability of pension systems in Europe, to draw up an ambitious report, to negotiate compromises for hours without wishing to state the obvious, which is that many European Union governments have engaged in reforms of pension systems, giving priority to extending the contribution period, is, for me, an act of the utmost levity. The denial of reality is an act of gross negligence. The European Parliament is not tackling the core issue, because it is divisive! I disapprove of this way of doing politics: instead of seeking unanimity at all costs, the European Parliament has fundamentally chosen the wrong method. It has a duty to explore coherent and courageous courses of action. That is what our citizens expect when pension systems, which are the real prizes of the European social model, are in danger. I am therefore unable to support a report that has turned into a vain exercise, since it fails to take account of the reality of the situation."@en1

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