Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-01-15-Speech-4-125"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090115.13.4-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-01-15-Speech-4-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Koenraad Dillen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; NA (2007-11-14--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Vlaams Belang (2004-11-15--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2008-10-23--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"− I voted against this politically correct report – the umpteenth one – that is being put to us in this Parliament for approval. First of all, I should like to point out that as gender equality in the EU has been in place for many years, this report is totally unnecessary. Moreover, I object to the reversal of the burden of proof, applauded in this report (paragraph 20), which does not befit any country under the rule of law, while total omnipotence is granted to organisations that are asked to carry out this directive (paragraph 19). The fact that Member States will be obliged to require businesses to develop annual business plans for gender equality and to guarantee a balanced gender distribution on corporate boards of management is diametrically opposed to the freedom of running a business. For businesses facing difficulties caused by the international financial crisis, the additional paperwork that this requirement entails could well prove devastating. In a free market of healthy businesses, quality, be this male or female, will always prevail, as we have seen many times before."@en1

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