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"The adoption of this report calling on the Commission to work towards introducing binding legislation on an adequate minimum income at the poverty threshold level, which is an indispensable tool for achieving the realistic objective of lifting 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is a major victory. To fight poverty, it is not enough to make speeches on growth: with 8.4% of workers poor in the EU, employment no longer protects against poverty. I am pleased that the proposal by the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance to tax high incomes has been approved. It is high time that the Heads of State or Government understood that they are not there to serve the interests of the richest 1%, but to defend the 99%. I am pleased that people living in poverty will play a crucial role in the establishment of this platform. Today, policy must be drawn up ‘with’ and not just ‘for’ the poorest. I regret that our call for a framework directive on the quality and accessibility of social services of general interest was rejected. Universal access to public services is fundamental to the protection of the poorest."@en1
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