European Parliament
Fatuzzo (PPE-DE ).
(IT)
I voted for the Gröner report, whose laudable intention is to combat violence against women and children. I must, however, confess that, at Rome airport, whence I travelled to Strasbourg, a pensioner from Rome approached me and said: ‘It is right for you in Europe to concern yourselves with combating violence against children, young people and women, but I would like you, Mr Fatuzzo, to point out that, in some institutions to which elderly people and non-self-sufficient people are admitted, I am afraid that, because there is absolutely no government monitoring whatsoever, these non-self-sufficient elderly people are also often subject to violence and oppression. There should be a decision and European Parliament funding for their cause too, so that these kinds of violence can be combated as well.’

