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"First of all, let me cordially welcome the delegation of women from the town of Lazio in Italy who are listening to our discussion from the balcony.
To begin with, I would like to recall the success we have jointly achieved. Thanks to the close and good cooperation between Parliament and the Commission, what was originally a two-part Community programme – combating violence against women and fighting against drugs – has now been divided. In this way, we have emphasised how very important each of the two struggles really is. I wish to express my gratitude to Commissioner Frattini and his team, and particularly to our rapporteur Mrs Gröner for her excellent work, as well as to all my colleagues from the committee for their cooperation. I am proud of this achievement.
The Daphne programme, however, will not be effective as long as men – both those in the home and those engaged in politics and public life – do not actively participate in the process. In this respect, I appreciate the actions taken by the Austrian and Finnish presidencies in support of the involvement of men in promoting gender equality.
Since 1946, dozens of regulations have been passed, and yet there is still growing violence. I hope that this will not prove to be just one more regulation, since we all know that the problem will not be solved solely by administrative actions and the funding of short-term, one-off campaigns targeting violence against women and children. It is not enough to deal only with the consequences. We must focus on prevention and on systemic education and the promotion of respect and the dignity of the human being. This and only this will be fruitful. We must focus on the treatment of violent individuals as soon as they manifest inclinations to violence. Otherwise, the use of the Daphne funds will be ineffective, if not totally worthless.
I would like to conclude by mentioning violence against children, which is also addressed by the Daphne programme. As we speak, a paedophile party in the Netherlands is promoting its agenda with the aim of legalising paedophilia and sexual activity with children – as long as children give their consent. Almost everyone is silent on this matter. I wonder why …
Unless we are able to apply our legal tools and use the support of politicians to stop the abuse of minors, we will never win the battle against violence against women and children."@en1
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