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"Madam President, this report is a good one and represents an important step in the right direction. Combating poverty and social exclusion is the responsibility of the Member States, but in the past, the national governments have not been sufficiently ambitious and have taken too few concrete measures. Well-meaning words are not enough. The current austerity policies in Europe, which have resulted in cuts in social budgets, are also creating more poverty in new areas. In the employment policy guidelines and the Europe 2020 strategy, we have set ourselves the goal of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million. In my opinion, a key factor in this respect is employment, in the form of good jobs. A total of 8% of European employees are classified as working poor and 22% of the people at risk of poverty in Europe have a job. That is a quarter of the population. For this reason, we must begin by introducing fairer labour and social standards and minimum wages."@en1
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