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"Mr President, I, too, would like to pay tribute to all the women around the world and all the women in the last 100-plus years who have fought for equality. It was in 1893 that New Zealand gave women the vote. If I may pay tribute to my own country, it was in 1970 that a certain Labour politician, Barbara Castle, pushed forward the first equal pay act in the Western world. Of course, it was the United Kingdom that had the first woman Prime Minister in Europe.
However, I think that the European Parliament has lost touch with reality. I am against discrimination of any kind, even positive, as it inevitably leads to the creation of victims. Women do not need to be patronised by quotas, and instead need barriers to their progress to be removed. Member States would do better to focus on issues such as the need for improved childcare.
We have had a recent Court of Justice decision on car insurance that boycotts traditional, tried and tested, sensible methods of risk assessment. Despite the EU’s stance on positively discriminating in favour of women, this case exemplifies politically correct Euro-babble, with a potty decision which actually makes life more difficult and expensive for women. Common sense is a stranger to the European Union."@en1
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