Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-02-13-Speech-1-036-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-02-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation of the homeless in Europe as a result of the spell of cold weather (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120213.14.1-036-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-13-Speech-1-037-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Niccolò Rinaldi2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; DEVE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Italia dei Valori - Lista Di Pietro (2009-07-14--2014-04-14)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2012-01-27--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee (2010-09-08--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, to be perhaps a little provocative, we could have opened this sitting with a minute’s silence in memory of the more than 600 homeless people who have died this week from the cold. This is the tribute that we generally reserve for great and famous people. That would have represented an assumption of responsibility – perhaps the first by this Parliament – of great symbolic significance. In fact, what we are witnessing is that the instruments of participatory democracy for the defence of rights provided by the Union are incapable of being applied to the homeless, whether or not they are citizens of the European Union, and this is because, I am afraid, there is often no electoral consensus for this. The Vice-President, Mr Barnier, is quite right to remind us that this is a matter within the competence, above all, of the Member States. However, we are dealing here with a phenomenon that is ever more European, cross-border and visible. We therefore ask: what is the timetable for the strategy that we have demanded from the Commission on a number of occasions? How much – aside from the Progress programme – can be allocated from European funds, including the structural and social cohesion funds? We ask in addition: is free movement for the homeless genuinely guaranteed, or is it possible for a Member State to impose restrictions, precisely because these citizens –European citizens – may not have a fixed place of abode at their disposal? Finally, are basic support services guaranteed? Some Member States have refused this to citizens of other Member States, citing European regulations. Are we sure that this is legally admissible? In conclusion, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has established that every European citizen wastes 179 kilograms of food per year. What European strategy should we adopt to combat this waste? I consider that this is an economic and social issue but above all one of the identity of our own European Union."@en1
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