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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Prosperity and intergenerational solidarity2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001215.2.5-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-12-15-Speech-5-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Riitta Myller2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue/Finlands Socialdemokratiska Parti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, I would like to express my thanks to the rapporteur. We agree largely with her ideas and we are satisfied with the result of the work of the committee. It is set against the background of the ‘International Year of Older Persons’, as proclaimed by the UN, and it is also very important that attention has been focused in various places on how the situation of the elderly will develop in the future, for example, in the countries of the European Union. In my opinion, it is of primary importance that the elderly are seen as independent people and that they are supported as far as is possible in their independent active lives. All the countries of the European Union have the same problems and the same prospects. For us, the question is how we can keep elderly people in the job market and what that requires of the labour market in general. On the other hand, we see that, while the population is ageing and ageing in better health than ever before, there is a growing desire generally to stop work earlier. This means, then, that we have to take account of how the job market works for different people. How do we support older people so that they can remain in the job market for longer? How do we organise life-long learning in such a way that older people also acquire the new information, new skills and, furthermore, motivation they need to remain in active employment? In other words, there are complex factors involved that have to be considered when dealing with this issue. Very specifically, I would like to express a few views on ageing women. Everything that now concerns women in the labour market will obviously be visible in the future when they are getting older, for example in pension plans. As piecework, for example, is on the increase at present, this will be reflected in the fact that pension cover will decline in value. Although we have eventually reached a position where we have the same pay for the same work, we must remember that women need special treatment when it comes to social security as they have a different work history, and this must be taken into account as it will have implications later on, for example for their future pensions."@en1

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