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"Mr President, as the first male speaker in this debate, I too wish to start by paying tribute to women on International Women’s Day, and refer in particular to those women to whom I have been closest; my grandmothers, my mother, my wife and my daughters. Because we are now talking about the family, I would also like to congratulate Mrs Bastos warmly on her superb report, on the great quality and depth of her work which, I am sure, will inspire any future measures the Commission takes, as has already been said.
This report also provides a response to the various family associations that sent a petition to Parliament on 15 May last year, on International Day of the Family. In particular, I wish to emphasise some ideas that are of the greatest importance for the future: the concept of ‘family mainstreaming’, which means incorporating the family aspect into all policies, an idea that is rightly included in this report and which should not give rise to any confusion or clash with the other idea that has been vociferously advocated here in Parliament, and rightly so: that of
gender mainstreaming’. Another concept to which this report contributes, and which I am glad has been accepted, is that of ‘family-friendly policies’, particularly in the fields of town planning, housing and employment policy. As Mrs Eriksson said, there is an ever-greater need to implement ‘family-friendly’ policies. Unless we do, we will be seriously limiting the personal choices of all our citizens, both men and women.
These are what I believe to be the salient points.
This is a superb report and the motion for a resolution is excellent.
My only disagreement is with Mrs Prets’ contribution, which I only mention, in fact, because a short while ago, she stated that she would have wanted the report to define ‘the family’. I do not think that such a task falls within the sphere of Parliament’s competence. I have doubts as to whether such a definition would have any legal value and I do not believe that we should confuse new types of unions and personal relations and their legal status with the concept of the family, a sociological concept that is both accepted in anthropological terms and also deeply rooted in our culture. This is what the exclusive focus of our concern as regards this report should be. Once again, I offer my congratulations to Mrs Bastos."@en1
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