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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031106.3.4-042"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-06-Speech-4-0432
lpv:speaker	lp:Johanna L.A. Boogerd-quaak2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2003-03-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2003-06-02--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2003-03-10--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2003-02-05--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2003-02-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2003-02-05--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"I would also like to warmly congratulate Mrs Dybkjær on this report. It has come at exactly the right time, just before the European elections, and it has been mentioned here by several speakers already: we will have to do our utmost to match this turnout percentage of 30-31% that was achieved for the European Parliament elections. This is certainly not helped by the accession countries, where we only have 14% at the moment. I therefore believe that in the context of the verification of these countries, we will have to ensure that gender equality forms part of our future fundamental community law, and that we must therefore make sure on an internal level that this is also done in the relevant parliaments. It is all very well pointing the finger at other countries, however; but we also have examples of women being seriously short-changed in our own countries. In my country, it was not so long ago that only one female minister was appointed. There was a great deal of protest against this, but fortunately that cabinet soon fell and we now have five female ministers and five female secretaries of state. To my great regret, neither of the two ministers appointed by my own party, which purports to do a great deal for women, is a woman. Not because there are no capable women, but because there are always other people who are more important and who have to take priority. As long as we carry on in this way, women will have no chance. I am also of the opinion, however, that we ourselves must keep hammering on about gender equality and that we must keep a very close eye on it. For example, I would have nothing against following examples like those mentioned in Mrs Dybkjær's report – like in France where party financing depends on the number of women on the list – because we cannot stand still, we must do something. I would therefore like to ask the Commission to pay additional attention to this point in its consultations with all Member States."@en1

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