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lpv:speaker	lp:Britta Thomsen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 unknown; Socialdemokratiet (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3,3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking Mrs Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou for this extremely important and, in particular, very courageous report. Equality between men and women is a basic element of the EU’s fundamental values, and we all have a moral obligation to ensure that men and women are treated equally. This also applies in relation to the representation of women in business, and therefore also in business leadership. However, equal representation in boardrooms is not just a question of fundamental rights. It also makes good economic sense, particularly when Europe is in the midst of a sustained economic crisis. If we are to overcome the crisis, we need to utilise all of Europe’s talents, and if women undertake the longest training and leave their educational institutions with the highest grades, it is plain old common sense that women should have the same opportunities as men to become managers. We simply cannot afford to recruit managers from only one half of the population. We can currently clear women of the responsibility for the financial crisis, because they were not on the boards of the banks where the decisions were taken. It is the case in general that there are no women on the boards of European companies, and there is no sign that this situation will change unless we actively do something about it. If businesses themselves cannot ensure that women come into the boardrooms, we politicians will have to intervene. We will have to introduce legislation that ensures that women have access to business leadership positions."@en1
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