Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-19-Speech-2-078"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Family life and study (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070619.6.2-078"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-19-Speech-2-0792
lpv:speaker	lp:Edite Estrela2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; FEMM (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"I wish to begin by congratulating Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou on her report. Demographic change is the main challenge facing Europe. It is a very serious problem requiring urgent measures. The situation varies from country to country, but one thing is for sure: conditions must be created at social and economic level, and in terms of education, whereby young Europeans have the children they want to, without this hampering their careers and without their having to interrupt their studies. Women continue to be the worst affected and suffer real discrimination when it comes to having access to, and pursuing, studies and lifelong learning. Yet young families are shunted out to the periphery of major cities. This means that it takes them longer to move between home, work and school and that they are under more physical and mental strain. It also means that parents spend less time with their children, with the incalculable social costs that that implies. There are two major challenges underpinning any gender equality policy: firstly, to eliminate the salary gap between men and women and, secondly, to guarantee that family life is balanced with working or academic life. Access to education and professional fulfilment are rights for both men and women. In order to achieve the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy, the Commission and the Member States must put forward policies that take into account the characteristics of different families, for example parents who study, single mothers and so on, in relation to social security systems, decent housing, childcare facilities and flexibility in terms of curricula, timetables and choice of educational establishment. That way, our young people can contribute to a knowledge-based society, to the competitiveness of the economy, to social cohesion and to the regeneration of European society."@en1

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