Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-06-Speech-4-080"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Health and safety of pregnant workers2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.5.4-080"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-0812
lpv:speaker	lp:Olle Schmidt2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, many women are discriminated against today in their workplaces. We know that many lose their jobs when they become pregnant. This is completely unacceptable! The Damião report contains many good proposals, but we in the Swedish Liberal Party still have fundamental objections to the report. I would like to say to my predecessor, who spoke just a moment ago, that, in this Parliament, we ought more often to ask ourselves the question: What should the European Parliament actually be doing? How much detail should we go into? We believe in the subsidiarity principle, i.e. that decisions should be taken as close as possible to the people they affect. Social policy is an area where the EU ought to have jurisdiction, except when it is a question of free movement for citizens within the Union. Every Member State should have full responsibility and the right to make its own decisions regarding its social security systems. Maternity/paternity leave and maternity/paternity benefit are examples of issues that are not directly transnational. We do not believe in detailed common European social legislation. This does not, however, prevent Member States from cooperating and sharing ideas concerning social issues. The Damião report contains an amalgam of legitimate demands for proper security for women workers throughout Europe, demands for greater freedom of movement and a better functioning single market and demands for the national right of decision on the details of the socio-political system. In this connection, the report contains an imbalance. My final question is: Why should the European Parliament decide that every woman in the whole of Europe must have eight weeks off work when she has had a child? I know several women who have gone back to work earlier – there must be freedom of choice!"@en1
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