Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-02-07-Speech-4-021"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-02-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Women's rights and equal opportunities in Mediterranean countries2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020207.2.4-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-02-07-Speech-4-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Amalia Sartori2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I would like to add my voice to those of my fellow Members in congratulating Mrs Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou on her report. Certainly, listening to Mrs Bonino, we cannot deny the truth of what she has said. The two minutes’ speaking time restriction undoubtedly prevented her from going into more detail. This is an important issue which must certainly be dealt with using a different approach from the one adopted in the recent report, which focused on ‘women and fundamentalism’. If we take that approach, we will not be enabling either the women or ourselves to make any useful contribution to the growth – the cultural as well as economic growth – of these countries, and we will not be enabling these peoples as a whole to escape from a cultural and religious situation in which the human and civil rights of people in general and women in particular are being trampled underfoot. I therefore feel that the issue must be addressed from the perspective outlined by Mrs Bonino, for the matter has hitherto been little debated in Parliament. However, with regard to this report, as it stands, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur and make two recommendations to the Commission and the Council. They are contained in the text before us but I would just like to emphasise them. The first is that the presence of women at all levels of social, economic, financial and political life in conditions of equality, not least as regards decision-making, is a prerequisite for democracy and therefore for peace and well-being. In everything the Union does to pursue these objectives, it must ensure that the programmes we have already implemented or are currently implementing are totally inflexible in terms of respect for the protection of rights, and that none of the work carried out by the Council towards partnerships and cooperation ever fails to take into consideration the need for these rights to be respected."@en1

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