Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-05-04-Speech-1-092"

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dcterms:Date	"2009-05-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment between men and women engaged in a self-employed capacity - Pregnant workers (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20090504.16.1-092"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-05-04-Speech-1-0932
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne Van Lancker2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij.Anders- Sociaal, Progressief, Internationaal, Regionaal, Integraal Democratisch, Toekomstgericht (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to congratulate Mrs Estrela warmly on her splendid work. Parliament’s proposal to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay, six of them after the birth, has by no means been plucked out of the air. Many countries already provide for more than 18 weeks for mothers, on 80-100% of their pay. Therefore, I fail to understand why my fellow Members from the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats wish to reduce Europe’s ambitions to a meagre 16 weeks. I would say to those who consider the cost too high that women must not lose out on account of becoming mothers. It is often the case nowadays that women have to resort to other forms of parental leave, but not all women have a right to these. In addition, these are much lower paid, and thus are not feasible for women who are less well-off. Ladies and gentlemen, it is also important to us that paternity leave and co-maternity leave be regulated here, as this directive also concerns equal treatment between women and men. Fair sharing of childcare responsibilities means that fathers, too, must be granted leave upon the birth of their child. To be frank, ladies and gentlemen, two weeks is a very modest start, but one that is important in those countries where fathers are yet to be given any place in a young family. Ladies and gentlemen, the social partners failed to reach an agreement on paternity leave or adoption leave, and so we, the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, consider it our duty to regulate the area in this directive for the benefit of fathers and adoptive parents. I am sure that the majority in this House will support us in this."@en1
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