Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-346-750"
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"en.20110706.18.3-346-750"2
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"Although I do recognise the importance of a female presence in business, I cannot agree with the European Parliament that we need to introduce the idea of quotas of 30% in the largest listed EU companies by 2015 and 40% by 2020. People should be employed upon merit and positive discrimination is often counter productive. Successful women want to feel that they have achieved or earned their positions and have not been gifted them. If Member States had a greater say over the operation of business from working hours to child care and paternity leave, each country would be able to address the issues that have led to the divide between men and women particular to their culture rather than enforce quotas upon already over-regulated industries. I am for empowering the role of women sensu largo, but, at the same time, I am against any form of discrimination, as well as so-called ‘positive discrimination ‘."@en1
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