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"Ladies and gentlemen, the Lisbon Strategy is an excellent document but, as European Commission president Mr Barroso has told the European Parliament, it lacks realism. This is why I would like to welcome this report and to express my thanks to the author, who seeks to address in her text the issues of gender equality.
Are we still trying to identify the goals of the Lisbon Strategy when the process is already into its second half? To me this seems somewhat late in the day. In section I of the report the distinguished MEP refers to the Beijing Platform Fraction. It is deplorable that I was the only EU representative to attend, when the women’s rights conference in Beijing subjected the Beijing Platform and its practical implementation to its tenth assessment. My concern is that this report will turn out to be one of those that describe accurately the situation and status of women in the EU Member States, whether in terms of employment, social situation or health, but whose substance will not be applied in practice. I still entertain the hope that the report will not be put on the shelf, however, and my hope has been strengthened by the Austrian presidency, which includes women’s health among its priorities. Here again we encounter another problem, though, as the health care systems of the Member States are, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, subject to the purview and decision-making powers of the Member States. Since we know that the health sector in the EU member countries is going through an extremely difficult reform, health protection should be coordinated at an EU level.
For a woman to be able to fill her position in society, be an equal partner in the workplace and a good mother, she must enjoy good health. The protection of female health in an ageing population should be one of the most important goals of the Lisbon Strategy, whether in the form of preventive examinations to detect breast cancer and cervical cancer or research into the causes of premature birth and increasing infertility."@en1
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