Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-29-Speech-1-118"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality in access to and supply of goods and services2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040329.12.1-118"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-29-Speech-1-1192
lpv:speaker	lp:Joke Swiebel2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, as the rapporteur has already stated, this directive puts an end to the persistent form of sex discrimination, known as statistical discrimination. In statistical discrimination, the average differences, established at a given point in time, between groups, in this case groups of men and groups of women, are made absolute as permanent assessment criteria for individuals. Unfortunately, this statistical discrimination still occurs very frequently in the private insurance industry in a number of countries. However, the essence of insurance is about sharing the risks. Judging people on a characteristic over which they have no control must be considered discrimination. The apparent logic of taking into consideration the difference between men and women by the insurance industry is a remnant of times gone by – taking the easy option. We have to fight this as a matter of principle. The opponents are fighting a rearguard action. I am therefore pleased that such a large majority on the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities has approved Mrs Prets’ report, and I hope that the plenary will do likewise. We are, however, waiting for the next step, which will put a stop to the so-called hierarchy of equality. European anti-discrimination legislation is a patchwork which itself discriminates between the different grounds of discrimination. Consequently, different groups are given different levels of protection. Why is race discrimination prohibited by EU legislation in the areas of education and social services, while sex discrimination in those areas is not? And why has in this area and that of social security no provision been made for discrimination on the basis of age, disability and social orientation? We are looking forward to the Commission's promised Green Paper about the future of anti-discrimination legislation as a whole, and subsequently to new reparation legislation. After all, a hierarchy of equality is not acceptable in the European Union, which reportedly wants to be a community of values."@en1

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