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"Mr President, the Austrian Presidency has been marked by numerous initiatives and challenges on gender issues. Political agreement was reached on the draft regulation establishing the European Institute for Gender Equality, and conclusions on the review of the implementation by the Member States and the EU institutions of the Beijing Platform for Action and on women’s health have been adopted. The roadmap for gender equality was presented, which can be marked as a milestone and a concrete timetable for key actions on gender equality for the period 2006-2010. I welcome in particular the commitment to produce a communication on the gender pay gap next year. This is something on which PES Women, of which I am President, has done a lot of work. We need concrete actions. The legislation dates back to the 1970s but there has not been much progress. The average difference in the EU is still 16%.
The grave situation as regards the trafficking of women has been put at the centre of attention in association with the FIFA World Cup. I have strongly welcomed the campaign launched by German women, showing the red card to forced prostitution and calling for cross-border cooperation in the promotion of the red card campaign, putting forward the idea of zero tolerance of trafficking throughout Europe. On the eve of the World Cup I handed over the final list of signatures to the anti-trafficking campaign to Commissioner Frattini. The largest trade union in Denmark handed over a similar petition with 80 000 signatures. The PSE Group collected 23 000 signatures calling for action by EU Member States to prevent the trafficking of women into Germany to work as prostitutes during the World Cup. Commissioner Frattini was asked to report back after the World Cup with an assessment of the scale of the problem and a summary of the actions taken. There is need for a real debate across Europe on tackling the root causes of trafficking for sexual exploitation, and that means looking for ways to reduce the demand for prostitution. The EU should intensify the fight against trafficking in human beings. Note that we are not going to stop pressing the EU to take this issue seriously.
In conclusion, I wish the music of Mozart not just for the elite, but for all."@en1
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