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lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are living through a time in which there is a need to raise awareness of the rights of disabled people and to fight for their full application. These are human rights enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and their additional protocols. It has been signed by all the Member States of the European Union, although only 17 have ratified it so far. We therefore call for all Member States to do so as soon as possible. However, there is also a need to develop EU and national policies and strategies in the area of disability that facilitate the social inclusion of disabled people, that properly support their organisations, and that take account of the enormous difficulties faced by many of the families of disabled people. These must not just stop at a vague European Commission action plan with no fixed timetables, no adequate financial support, no practical measures, and no coherent policies. It is not enough to say that the human rights of disabled people are recognised, and then to adopt policies that, in practice, threaten their most fundamental rights. That is what is happening with the so-called austerity programmes, with the neoliberal policies of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and with the requirement of meeting the SGP’s irrational nominal criteria, which serves as a cover for pay cuts and for the closure of essential public services for these people, as is happening in Portugal, Greece and other countries. This threatens access to crucial public services, such as health, education, transport and energy. We know that the majority of the almost 80 million disabled people in the European Union encounter great hindrances in their surroundings – some physical, some social – including services and products that cannot be properly accessed. We know that the level of employment of disabled people whose capacity for work has changed is generally very low throughout the European Union, with only 30-40% of these people actually working. Although it is known that disabled workers are able to achieve significant results if they find a job that matches their experience, skills and interests, as is mentioned in a World Labour Organisation study, the situation is even more serious in the Member States with weaker economies. Although this report tackles these issues in general terms, we regret that a proposal that we tabled on the need to create and apply minimum incomes at Member State level was not adopted by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as this would facilitate the lives of many disabled people and their families. We also believe that the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) should go no further with its proposal on Article 53. Our final vote will depend on that too."@en1
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