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"Mr President, I too share Mrs Avilés Perea’s conclusion about structural policy. Tens of billions of euros from the Structural Funds are left over, half of which the national governments should have contributed. While there was an undertaking that 15% of the Structural Funds would be destined for women’s projects and equal opportunities, the end result is just 6%. Let us be honest however; we are talking here about 6% of the money spent and not 6% of the amount budgeted. In reality therefore it is just a fraction of the original amount. The Commission always takes refuge behind the fact that it does not know which of the proposed programmes are specifically for women and washes its hands of it.
Having regard to the great surplus we must therefore reverse the roles. If the Member States do not submit any programmes in which 15% goes to women’s programmes, we will unfortunately feel compelled to ask the Commission to reject these proposals. This must likewise apply in the wake of enlargement, because the need for Structural Funds in the new Member States can be expected to be so great that the gender dimension there will be subject to extremely harsh treatment."@en1
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