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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is with great satisfaction that I note that the motion for a resolution recognises that growth and sustainable development are not opposites but, on the contrary, preconditions of each other. Sustainable growth is the only growth we can afford. The fact that the motion for a resolution extends sustainability to include areas in addition to the environment also constitutes great progress. The environmental and social dimensions should be integrated into our understanding of sustainability as elements of equal value.
In that connection I should like to emphasise that sustainable development also involves equality between the sexes. Women at present earn less than men throughout Europe and are not represented in decision-making bodies to the same degree as men – be it in political, economic or public life. Any strategy on sustainable development must take account of this inequality and of the fact that social problems affect men and women in different ways. The common goals of both the Lisbon Strategy and the Sustainable Development Strategy cannot be achieved unless the issues of inequality and of the better use of both men’s and women’s potential are addressed."@en1
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