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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in 1986, a great French actor, the founder of the
soup kitchens, said: ‘It is high time that we showed some solidarity.’ Twenty-five years on, what have we achieved? Poverty and inequalities are on the rise.
It is high time that you faced up to your responsibilities. In particular, you need to prod into action all those Member States that are failing to help our poorest citizens. It is also high time that we eradicated poverty. How long are we going to wait before adopting a real framework directive on minimum pay that will allow everyone to live in dignity, but above all, will give them enough to eat and guarantee all of their fundamental rights? At a time when we are discussing a European platform against poverty and when we are being told that 43 million Europeans are at risk, you decide to cut the budget. That is a scandalous decision. Let me repeat that: it is scandalous. It is high time that …"@en1
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