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"Mr President, as speakers in the debate in this House have pointed out, poverty is increasing within the EU. Is that not reason enough for abandoning the neo-liberal economic policy with its Stability and Growth Pact and convergence rules? This policy has, of course, proved not to lead to equality or reduced poverty. On the contrary.
Patriarchal power structures permeate the whole of our society, in both the Member States and, above all, in the European Union. Gender equality is definitely not a feature of the EU’s economic policy which is, in large part, designed by and for men. Gender equality is a feature neither of economics, politics, education nor health care.
Nor is poverty characterised by gender equality. Women are hit hardest and are most exposed to poverty and to the consequences of living in poverty. I have to acknowledge that it is sometimes quite wearying year after year to hear people in power coming out with fine words about, for example, objectives in terms of gender equality and of reduced poverty for women and, at the same time, to know that extremely little is happening in terms of practical action.
Female poverty is not a law of nature. Nor should it be. With the right political and economic decisions, this state of affairs can be changed. I also want to ask why the principle of ‘gender mainstreaming’ has still not been implemented."@en1
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