Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-03-13-Speech-2-180"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Childcare (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070313.20.2-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-03-13-Speech-2-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie Panayotopoulos-cassiotou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-02-01--2007-06-19)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2008-02-18)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I welcome the commitment made by the Commission and the Council to do more to reconcile people’s family and professional lives and to increase the provision of affordable childcare. However, I cannot hide my disappointment regarding the very mixed results obtained in the wake of the 2002 Barcelona Council. As the study by your Directorate-General for Employment concluded in September 2005, the insufficient number of affordable childcare structures represents not only a barrier to the economic and social integration of economically-disadvantaged families, but also, and above all, a major obstacle to the equal participation of women and men in the labour market and to the balanced division of tasks between women and men in family life. It emerges from a very large number of studies that Europeans cannot have children, as they would like, or have as many children as they would like. Furthermore, given the way in which the needs and demands of the labour market have developed, the Member States should work towards establishing more flexible and more diverse childcare services so as to broaden the range of choices and to respond to the specific preferences, needs and circumstances of parents and families. There are people who wish to care for their children themselves; we cannot let these people down or penalise them since they are helping to maintain the social cohesion of the family unit. As for those men and women who care for dependents on a permanent or temporary basis, they should receive a recognised status granting them, among other things, social security and pension rights, and, just like those who are gainfully employed, they should be able to benefit from lifelong learning so that they can fulfil the demands of the job market."@en1

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