Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-13-Speech-2-354"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060613.32.2-354"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-13-Speech-2-3552
lpv:speaker	lp:Eva-Britt Svensson2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Vänsterpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; FEMM (2004-07-27--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner Špidla, in Parliament, we very often talk – and quite rightly so – about non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all. I welcome both the debate and this report. I can only hope that the Member States implement practical measures and that the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All is a success, so that we are able to achieve a society that really is for all, irrespective of disability, gender, ethnic background, sexual orientation and so on. In this area, we need to cooperate with voluntary organisations and make use of the knowledge that they have to offer. The fact that various forms of discrimination are often debated here in Parliament is due, I believe, to the fact that such issues are very important and complicated, but perhaps it shows, above all, the very large amount there is still to do. However, I have one more observation to make, and that is that it is never the groups that are actually discriminated against who get the opportunity to put forward their views. I therefore ask myself how many members of this Parliament, or of the national parliaments, are, for example, disabled, members of a minority group or from different ethnic backgrounds. Most of us belong to that population in the Member States that sets the norm. As long as this continues to be the case in political assemblies, industry and training, as well as socially and economically, I believe that special measures must be implemented. It is my view that discrimination has continued, all along, despite all the talk of change. If we are to change this situation, we must be able to apply positive discrimination. At present, we actually apply the opposite of such a policy – what might be called ‘negative discrimination’ – which means that disabled people, minority groups and women have to be better, more capable and everything else if they are to compete with the groups that set the norm. It is absolutely not a question of equal conditions applying. The situation is contrary to democracy, whereby everyone is supposed to have equal opportunities. I therefore advocate quotas as a means of changing this situation."@en1

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