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Mr President, I am impressed by the involvement of this House and I want to thank you for this important and stimulating debate.
I feel that we share a common view on most of the problems you have raised. Poverty and social exclusion remain very urgent challenges for the whole Union. We have made significant, but not sufficient, progress since the Union’s social inclusion process was instituted following the Lisbon European Council in 2000.
I can assure Mr Mann and Mrs in ‘t Veld that economic growth and jobs that promote social cohesion are among the priorities for Europe’s review of the Lisbon agenda. Furthermore, enlargement has increased the scale of the challenge. We have also been encouraged by the high level of commitment shown by the new Member States. The Commission fully shares the view that this process must be accelerated and is thus grateful to Parliament for the strong political support it has given to the Union’s social inclusion process.
In reply to Mr Libicki, I should point out that from now on the new Member States will be fully integrated into the process. The current report relates to the period before the accession of the ten new members.
Mr Őry and Mr Falbr highlighted the need for cooperation and partnership. I agree completely with this view. Member States are the key partners in implementing the Lisbon Strategy and their commitment to effective inclusion policies is a key factor for success. I equally share your view that the efforts of social partners and civil society are absolutely necessary in tackling the problem of poverty and social exclusion.
Mrs Bauer rightly mentioned the poverty risk faced by women, in particular single mothers, and children. Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, as well as the Commission, strongly advocate the principle of gender mainstreaming, an approach which is very useful for addressing the specific problems of women, particularly as part of social inclusion policies. Hence I very much welcome the fact that many new Member States are already applying a gender mainstreaming strategy or including the gender dimension in some of their employment and social programmes. Even in those new Member States where this has not yet been achieved, the joint inclusion memoranda have highlighted the need to pay more attention in this respect.
Child poverty is an EU-wide issue which touches the whole range of employment and social policies. It very often occurs when parents are unemployed or good quality jobs are lacking, or – as some Members rightly pointed out – it may result from the exclusion of particular groups, such as the Roma.
The EU is fighting against this phenomenon via the European employment strategy, as well as through specific policies, and rightly so. The fight will go on."@en1
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