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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to start by congratulating Mrs Gröner on this work intended to ensure parity. Despite the overall extension of the protection of the fundamental rights of women in recent years, the integration of the principle of equal opportunities is still not satisfactory in all areas, particularly in the political and administrative fields.
The balanced and active participation of women and men in political life is a crucial instrument for consolidating a more just and democratic society. Given that Parliament is the institution closest to the citizens and that its commitment to protecting equal opportunities has enabled many policies in this field to be developed, it is its duty to set an example by increasing the integration of women into parliamentary activities and into the institution’s internal structures.
We therefore need to promote women’s full participation in order to attain a more balanced situation. In the prospect of enlargement and of the 2004 European elections, information campaigns must be undertaken to prepare women who wish to enter the European institutions. This will enable us to prevent the percentage of women Members in the European Parliament slipping even further. I wish to emphasise, without attempting to make a judgement on my own work, that the work undertaken by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities has proved to be of crucial importance in raising the awareness of other committees, through the speeches and opinions it has delivered.
With regard to Parliament’s administration, I fully support the measures for increasing awareness, information and vocational training, and on squaring the needs of professional and private life, specifically through flexible working hours and making childcare infrastructures available. I do not think, however, that systematically implementing the principle of preference for women candidates for positions of leadership is a suitable alternative, as long as this imbalance persists. I therefore support the amendment tabled by Mr Gargani, who does not agree with such a rigid and mechanical approach, preferring the possibility of adopting positive measures to encourage the under-represented in recruitment, career development and other professional activities."@en1
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