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"Mr President, we are marking this day, 8 March, this year with the continuing follow-up to the Beijing Platform, following the meeting in New York. But we feel positive and also ambitious and, therefore, we in the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats want actions to deal with the problem of inequality of opportunities for women, in work, for example.
We want a European Union that supports women effectively, that encourages the Member States to make working hours more flexible and to provide equal pay for equal work, we want parental leave to be enjoyed according to the choice of the parents, we want measures such as the current assistance Spain gives for children to be extended and become the general rule, and we want to promote the construction of nurseries, with deductions for companies, and greater benefits to be received by companies that act responsibly from the point of view of families.
We are distressed and appalled by violence against women, prostitution, trafficking in women and people-trafficking in general. We believe it to be morally unacceptable and socially shameful.
The rights of women are human rights. We are in favour of the development of States and we recognise the progress being made. We believe that such regrettable scenes as those in Istanbul in recent days should be condemned.
The woman is the basis of the family and any affront to women is a direct affront to the family, the basis of our society."@en1
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