Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-23-Speech-2-243"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment for men and women in employment2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.11.2-243"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-2442
lpv:speaker	lp:Miet Smet2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should first of all like to thank Mrs Hautala but say at the same time that the best is often the enemy of the good. The two amendments that were tabled subsequently by Mrs Hautala have caused a great deal of difficulty, for a large majority of people who are already unhappy about this directive have found in these amendments a reason to vote against a whole host of things. And in the knowledge that 314 votes must be attained, you should have acted more wisely. Approval of the present compromise is far more important than submission of your two additional amendments. I should like to make this clear to you: it was a poor strategy. For my second point, I should like to address the Commission. Back in 1993, I drafted a Royal Decree in which I made it compulsory for businesses to draw up an annual report about equal opportunities for men and women in their businesses. That Royal Decree goes beyond what is stated in the present text, since the latter merely encourages them, whereas my piece of legislation was binding. Commissioner, I have to say, if you want this to yield results, there will need to be consultation with the social partners – much more so than is now the case – and there will need to be agreement with them to apply the provisions of the laws and the directives. For our big problem is not the legislator. He will faithfully transpose what is in the European directives, sometimes too late, but it is done, anyway. Our big problem is the application in the field, and that is in the hands of the social partners. Equal pay and the equal treatment, and whatever else, of women is never a priority for trade unions and employers. In my opinion, the Commission and the Member States would do well to emphasise this."@en1

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