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"Mr President, let me say first of all that the Commission very largely shares the concerns expressed by most of the speakers. Some of them – indeed virtually all of them – are calling for measures that the Commission is already taking.
As you know, the Commission has the task of monitoring the transposition and application of Community law on gender equality. In essence this entails initiating and following through infringement proceedings when it becomes aware that a Member State has failed to transpose one of the directives properly, or when a citizen makes a complaint to it about the inadequate transposition or application of a directive. So, in terms of proceedings for infringements of the directive on equal treatment for women and men, 18 letters were sent out in April 2007. The Commission is currently studying the replies, and a decision on the reasoned opinion is expected in December.
Let me deal quickly now with a few more detailed and specific issues. With regard to the establishment of the European Institute for Gender Equality in Vilnius, the Management Board met in October and recruitment of the director is under way.
Turning to the initiatives on the gender pay gap, many of the Members who spoke highlighted the differential in wages and salaries – and rightly so. Our response on this question is set out in the communication. In 2008 the Commission will undertake an analysis of current legislation to determine whether it is adequate and to identify any necessary changes.
With regard to the question of women in rural areas, self-employed women working in agriculture are already covered by Directive 86/613/EEC. The Commission has just begun studying this legislation to see whether it is effective and to pinpoint what needs to be changed.
That brings me finally to a more ideological question, but one to which I want to respond, concerning flexisecurity. The purpose of flexisecurity is to increase flexibility in the labour market – not to increase insecurity – while at the same time creating greater choice in the market by giving workers additional means of adapting, for example through training or steps to reconcile their private and working lives."@en1
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