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"Mr President, it is almost a year since our new European Parliament was elected. It is almost half a year since Commissioner Reding was appointed. So we have four years left together to really make a difference for women and men. How we as a Parliament, and Ms Reding as Commissioner, are judged at the end of those four years will depend on the action that we take and on the support that we can muster in society.
No one will be impressed by mere words. I do not want to have to say in four years’ time, ‘Look, this is a piece of paper from Ms Reding, and here is a huge stack of Parliament resolutions’. I want to be able to say, ‘Yes, we have secured two weeks’ paternity leave for all European fathers. Yes, we have adapted our equality laws to include all terrains, to include transgender people. Yes, we have a system in place that ensures gender parity for the next European Commission.’ I want to say, ‘Yes, the gender pay gap is closing, with more women with decent jobs and decent pay. And yes, the gender care gap is closing, with more men who take their share of unpaid care’.
I hope that all groups in this Parliament are united to deliver two strong reports tomorrow – the Figueiredo and the Romeva i Rueda reports – and I hope that Ms Reding will have the courage to turn these reports into action, even when there is not an easy majority in Council beforehand.
We cannot do this alone. We need to involve those to whom this is important. I am not too happy with how the Women’s Charter up to now has been drafted, with no involvement of Parliament or of civil society, but I will accept that this is the way that the European Commission has made an opening statement to lay down its commitment to gender equality.
It is more important what happens next. In answer to our questions, I would very much like to hear from Ms Reding how she will draft an ambitious strategy for our coming four years."@en1
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