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"Mr President, while we broadly welcome the social investment package we felt that much of it was very ‘soft’, and almost a reworking of a number of things which we have heard before.
Obviously, we are pleased that we are looking at social investment and the importance of an economic stabiliser being recognised as part of our social protection system. But the issue of adequacy, I think, is still one that many of us are really concerned about. We are seeing more people in poverty now than ever, and we also seem to be losing track of any idea of actually trying to create greater equality in our societies by reducing the gap between rich and poor, not simply looking at how we raise those at the bottom.
The quality of public services is important, obviously, and there is a real area for investment there, including in jobs. But I also want to say something about the recommendation on children. Many people are very worried about demographics in the European Union, and here we have a recommendation which is a very strong one in terms of the focus on early intervention.
We are concerned about nutrition globally, in terms of poverty reduction measures and making the best of children’s futures, and we are seeing a growing need for emergency food aid here. We are seeing vaccination programmes here under threat. We know what happens to children’s life chances if they are in poor housing. The high-quality child care model set out in the Barcelona targets seems to be really mouldering.
So where do we really see the action coming on this, not just the policy? What can we expect from the Member States in terms of a range of ministers really working with the economic ministers who seem to be totally in charge of things at the moment?"@en1
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