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"The European Parliament and, more particularly, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities, whose work I wish to acknowledge, have played a primordial role in raising awareness about violence against women and children on the European scale.
This scourge of society, alas, takes different forms. It goes from prostitution, the trafficking of women and children, which is revolting to most citizens, to domestic violence, a phenomenon which is tolerated or ignored since it occurs within the private sphere!
A great many initiatives have been undertaken already in this field, resulting in creating an increase in collective awareness on the subject. This favourable background must be exploited and actions must be increased in order to finally eliminate all these forms of violence.
The Daphne programme bears witness to this desire to tackle the problem in a coordinated fashion at Member States level, while integrating candidate countries. It represents an essential tool in the fight against violence of this type.
While there is general agreement in acknowledging that violence against women transcends all national barriers without distinction as to class, culture and/or age, there is nonetheless no structured mechanism which makes it possible to gain an objective idea of the extent of the problem within the European Union. Indeed, the systematic recording of acts of violence against women is a very recent phenomenon in some countries, whereas in others there is no systematic record at all. However, the medium-term action programme will no doubt prove extremely useful to decision makers and will feed into political decisions and practices in this field.
This programme will have the goal of reinforcing the scope of local, regional and national actions by establishing networks, information exchange, best practice and cooperation, and by increasing public awareness.
The Council has included more than half of our amendments in its common position. We should be pleased with this. The Council’s text in fact makes reference to health in its physical, mental and social aspects and to quality of life, as well as to violence as an infringement of human rights. It is explicitly stipulated that victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation shall be covered by the programme.
We must, certainly, deplore the fact that the duration of the programme has been reduced to four years instead of five, as envisaged originally. The budget allocated (EUR 20 million) is also insufficient to tackle a problem as far-reaching as this.
In spite of these reservations, I shall today be voting in favour of the compromise text proposed by the Council. If we wish to eradicate the phenomenon of violence which blights our society, we must make a firm commitment right now. The implementation of this programme must not be delayed further."@en1
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