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"Mr President, it was Aristotle who said that you can judge a society by the way in which it treats its most vulnerable citizens. What judgment would he pass on Europe today, when you have governments and EU leaders driving austerity policies that condemn the poor, the elderly, minority groups and people with disabilities to poverty and increasing hardship in order to protect the interests of the bankers, the bond holders and big business?
The Irish Government, the star pupil of austerity according to the Commission, has waged war on the most vulnerable people. It has deliberately targeted support and services for people with disabilities and children with learning difficulties. Many here will cry crocodile tears and give out about how unfair all this is, while their parties at home will say there is no alternative: we have to vote for cuts.
We have had enough of this hypocrisy. Austerity is not inevitable. It is not unavoidable. It is a political choice to protect some at the expense of others. I salute those people with disabilities, older people, and other vulnerable groups who have been to the fore in campaigning against austerity right across Europe."@en1
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