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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at this year's Wimbledon tennis tournament, the winner of the women’s competition will at last receive the same prize money as her male counterpart. This is a victory for women, and we should point out that this Parliament has made a contribution to it. Deliberately and consciously paying women less is just one of the reasons why women in the European Union earn 15% less than men. There are other more hidden reasons: more women working part time, on temporary contracts, in lower paid sectors, more difficulty gaining access to positions of responsibility etc. Equal pay has been laid down in European legislation since its origins, but banning discrimination has not put an end to the wage divide. In order to do that, we need courageous solutions such as the one provided by the Socialist government of my country, Spain, which has adopted an equality law. I am also pleased that, to mark 8 March, the European Socialist Party has launched a campaign condemning this situation. I would call upon you to join with it in order to put an end to wage discrimination against women once and for all. This can be our goal in the European Year of Equality."@en1

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