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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Antonyia Parvanova2
lpv:spokenAs	member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; National Movement for Stability and Progress (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; ALDE (2009-07-14--2012-01-26)3 substitute; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would like to thank the Minister for his frank response. The reconciliation of work, family and private life is recognised as a key element of achieving one of the EU headline targets of the Europe 2020 strategy. It is therefore necessary to give priority to addressing barriers to women’s participation in the labour market and men’s more active involvement in caring duties. The report presented by the European Institute for Gender Equality last week, during the meeting of the Ministers for Family Affairs and Gender Equality in Kraków, reveals that women spend three times longer than men on child care per day. Women are still the main carers, both for children and for the dependent elderly, and they are more likely than men to be involved in both paid and unpaid work in all Member States. The revision of the 1992 directive on maternity leave is a necessary precondition for achieving the EU 2020 targets. However, as my colleagues have already said, the press recently reported that during the meeting in Kraków, the Ministers unambiguously stated that they were not willing to move forward with the proposal. What we did not hear, either from that meeting or from you, was the ideas of the Member States on how to improve the current directive. Bearing in mind EU citizens’ worries and concerns on the matter, it would be irresponsible for the Council just to shelve this proposal due to its inability to present an alternative. A responsible attitude would define the pragmatic and reasonable outcome of the current situation. I think that compromises from both sides are needed, but this can be achieved only through debates and not by taking the issue off the agenda. In this regard, I would like to raise the following question. Does the shelving of this proposal mean that the Council is satisfied with the rules set out in the current directive, and does it think that they are adequate for achieving the EU 2020 targets as well as dealing with low birth rates and the upcoming demographic challenge? If the answer is no, the Council should then present the latest and lowest common denominator position. That would be a starting point in order to move forward on this issue."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Antonyia Parvanova,"1 "on behalf of the ALDE Group."1
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