Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-06-17-Speech-4-943"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-06-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"et"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100617.27.4-943"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-06-17-Speech-4-9422
lpv:speaker	lp:Siiri Oviir2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Eesti Keskerakond (2009-07-14--2012-05-24)3 member; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2011-06-21)3
lpv:translated text	"− I supported this report, because it is not enough for us, the politicians, to encourage women to take part in elections. The people are watching Parliament; they are looking at what we have actually done for them. The targets we have set are on the right scale of values, and now we must make sure that the decisions made by the Member States are also implemented. It is no secret that today, the serious economic and financial crisis in Europe is having a particularly harmful effect on women, because the crisis is further deepening the current problems that exist in the area of gender mainstreaming, such as inequality and discrimination. As we attempt to resolve the crisis, without doubt one of the main objectives in the new economic environment is to increase the sustainability of the EU’s competitiveness – and not only that, but also to increase competitiveness itself. However, when taking action to boost the EU’s competitiveness, we should not forget the fact that equal rights between men and women are not an objective in itself, but a precondition for the EU’s overall objectives – growth, employment and achievement of social cohesion. On this point, though, it worries me that in the EU 2020 strategy, which sets out Europe’s strategic objectives for the next ten years, the gender aspect is lacking in the measures which are soon to be fully outlined. I agree with the point made in the report that equal treatment of women and men is one of the European Union’s values, and it must also be one of the central principles in any political measures taken in reaction to the economic and financial crisis."@en1

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