Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-19-Speech-3-151"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal pay for work of equal value2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010919.10.3-151"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-19-Speech-3-1522
lpv:speaker	lp:Rodi Kratsa-tsagaropoulou2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2000-09-05--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2001-05-17--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Smet's report is the outcome of serious study as well as political experience and personal commitment, which is why it was enthusiastically adopted by a large majority in committee. It deals with a general practice, which is common to all the social and economic systems of Europe, a harsh reality which will cancel out all legislative progress, be it at national or European level. Women have difficulty not just in accessing work but in advancing their careers and levels of pay. The last report on employment tell us that most of the Member States have given up trying to right this wrong and that this issue is missing from the social dialogue agenda in most countries. We urge the Commission to call on the Member States to conduct a serious assessment, as the rapporteur suggests. And to avoid repeating what has been said by my fellow Members, with whom I fully concur, I should like to suggest to you, Commissioner, that we take a global approach to this issue both in your policy and in that of the Member States. The political practices which apply in numerous countries in the European Union in the area of women's employment, social protection and pensions marginalise them professionally, marginalise their ambitions, efforts, competitiveness and claims and hence their pay. Our role, your role is a difficult one; we must convince public opinion and women themselves that all these issues are interlinked. We must convince them that their so-called vested rights run counter to their interests and to the quality and viability of and pay for their work. Commissioner, please help the governments bear the political price which this endeavour and change usually imply."@en1

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