Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-07-Speech-4-014-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-07"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110707.3.4-014-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-07-07-Speech-4-015-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3 unknown; Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV) (2009-07-14--2012-01-17)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-01-17)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is regrettable that we have come to this situation of suspending or drastically reducing a food aid scheme at one of the worst moments of economic and social crisis in several EU Member States. The decision of the European Court of Justice, acting on a complaint made by Germany, to reduce funding from EUR 500 million in 2011 to only EUR 113 million in the following years, especially in the year following the European Year for Combating Poverty, contradicts all the official declarations of the European Union concerning its commitment to this struggle and its own goals of combating poverty and social exclusion. It is scandalous that food aid is being reduced by 80%, since 13 million people here in the European Union currently benefit from it. We in Parliament have stressed on many occasions the fundamental nature of the right to food and the need to improve access for all, at all times, to the nourishment necessary for an active, healthy life. Because of this, we advocate the continuation of this support, bearing in mind that more than 80 million people in the European Union are at risk of poverty. In 2010 we adopted a report advocating the introduction of a guaranteed minimum income in all Member States on the basis of at least 60% of the national median income in each country. On that basis, we insist that the Commission and the Council immediately find a way of continuing the programme and the scheme for food distribution to those people most in need, based on the EUR 500 million, and also that they subsequently present a proposal and a timetable for the implementation of the minimum income scheme."@en1
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