Hr. formand, som mine kolleger allerede har sagt, definerede man på Det Europæiske Råd i Lissabon, Stockholm og Nice fælles mål for bekæmpelse af fattigdom og social udstødelse. Det gjorde man, fordi man kunne konstatere, at fattigdomsniveauerne havde været konstante siden 1995.
Mr President, as my fellow Members have already pointed out, common objectives on poverty and social exclusion were agreed at the Lisbon, Stockholm and Nice Summits, as it was observed that poverty levels have remained the same since 1995.