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"You are perfectly right to ask the question, Mrs Hautala. I would only remind you that the cultural revolution needs more time. Here we have only changed some posts which it was essential to change because we had to give an example of mobility, for countries and people. We had to show that the posts are not anyone’s fixed prerogative. So we have made these ten changes which are, however, of fundamental importance.
I, like you, looked at the issue of women and there have been great difficulties in dealing with this at this stage. The problem, however, is worse still, Mrs Hautala, because the situation is very difficult, even with reshuffles. Either we really change policy, in employment and career procedures, or we cannot see the matter through to its conclusion. So this is one of the themes we must talk about in the cultural revolution, and one that we must discuss with the administration.
Allow me to make one more remark. The issue of the cultural revolution of the administration goes deeper than we might think. I came here from outside the institutions, observed with great curiosity the type of administrative structure in place, and I have to say that we need to discuss the basic philosophy of this administration. Every new political and administrative situation created in the world has always found new strength in its administration. Here however, the administration has grown by a process of stratification and has not looked to the future. The cultural revolution lies here, not in changing only ten directors. The major challenge goes much deeper, and calls for us to work intellectually too, in a direction that is still unknown. However, in studying all this, I have realised that there has been no effort to create an administration for the duties the Commission must perform."@en1
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