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"Mr President, it is important that women have good and secure conditions during pregnancy and childbirth so that mother and child have a good start, and it is important that pregnancy and childbirth do not reduce women’s opportunities in the labour market. We have a directive from 1992 which establishes minimum rights for maternity leave and women’s entitlements to financial compensation when they are absent from the labour market due to childbirth. The Commission has now investigated the Member States’ implementation of this directive and, in her report, Mrs Damião quite correctly points out that the Commission’s report contains only a technical and factual assessment of the directive’s implementation and does not provide an evaluation of whether the directive in practice provides pregnant women or women who have just given birth with better conditions. She does not, therefore, think that the Commission’s report provides an adequate basis for carrying out a review of the directive. I very much agree with the rapporteur about this. I am, therefore, also opposed to our requesting a review of the directive now. I do not think we should demand a new draft directive which contains the right to a longer period of leave, together with demands for longer enforced leave, and which lays down more detailed requirements for financial compensation in a way that does not take the necessary account of the differences between the Member States’ social systems. The existing rules make for great flexibility, and most countries guarantee women better conditions than the common regulations require. It might be wondered whether new regulations would mean very much in practice. In any case, maternity leave and financial aid ought to be given priority in the individual countries. However, I think it would be a good idea to obtain a better overview of what the circumstances are in the different countries so that governments can learn from each other’s good and bad experiences and inspire each other."@en1
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