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"I voted in favour of this resolution on the situation of women approaching retirement age because older women face at least a twofold discrimination in the labour market based on gender and age. It is important to note that women comprise no less than 50% of the population in any EU country. Therefore, women are a significant proportion of the workforce. Furthermore, Europe has the highest proportion of older women in the world. I therefore agree with the resolution’s call for the Commission and Member States to take appropriate and effective steps to combat discrimination, including by tackling the stereotypes associated with gender and age discrimination and promoting solidarity between generations. I believe that the Member States should attempt to implement gender mainstreaming as effectively as possible in the preparation and implementation of pension reform, promote the use of actuarial calculations for men’s and women’s pensions that guarantee greater equality, promote steps to decrease the risk of poverty, tackle the poverty currently experienced by older people, improve the quality, accessibility and affordability of health care, and end the practice of mandatory retirement, while allowing older women to participate in the labour market by tackling discrimination. I also agree with the other important call set out in the resolution for the Commission and the Member States to implement appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life."@en1
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