Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-05-Speech-2-541-000"
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"I welcome the vote on the report by Mr De Rossa, which reminds us that social services of general interest (SSGIs) are at the heart of the European social model. We would point out that SSGIs are available to everyone and that we should ensure that everyone has access to them, especially with regard to social housing.
The European Parliament also calls on the Commission to propose legislation recognising universal access to basic banking services and to broadband Internet. Finally, we are asking for clarification of the criteria distinguishing between economic and non-economic services, which would provide greater protection for social services. Unfortunately, while the urgency of the economic and social situation would have required Members to demand a framework legislative tool on SSGIs, as the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance proposed in its alternative resolution, my fellow Members refused to take that courageous initiative. The horizontal social clause and Article 14 of the Treaty of Lisbon guarantee social rights, especially the right to access services of general interest. The time has come to prove to EU citizens that a social Europe is on its way and to give public services the place they deserve in European law."@en1
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