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lpv:speaker	lp:Dame Glenis Willmott2
lpv:spoken text	"I was also going to ask a question about gender balance in the Commission, so I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Cathy Ashton on her appointment. I am sure you will agree with me that she is a great talent. I am delighted that the first High Representative role is going to someone from Britain, and I am particularly pleased that it is going to a British woman. It is something that we, the women in the Socialist Group, have, for some considerable time, been calling for. Cathy Ashton was the leader in the Upper House in the UK when the Lisbon Treaty was steered through – no mean feat. She has great political skills and has accomplished a great deal since being a Commissioner. Her quiet diplomacy, rather than an ‘ego on legs’, has ensured agreements where others have failed and where it has proved difficult in the past. I would say to Cathy Ashton that she is not there to stop the traffic, but actually to create the traffic system. I know she will do a fantastic job."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Glenis Willmott (S&D )."1
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