Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-596-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of play of the Maternity Leave Directive (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20111025.31.2-596-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-25-Speech-2-597-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3 unknown; Coligação Democrática Unitária (PCP-PEV) (2009-07-14--2012-01-17)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2012-01-17)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-17)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2009-09-16--2012-01-17)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it was a year ago that the European Parliament adopted a very clear position on the revision of the Maternity Leave Directive. It is becoming scandalous that the Council has not tabled a proposal and continues to block the revision. It shows a total lack of respect for the European Parliament and, above all, for the women and men intending to have children, and for the children deprived of this essential support in the first year of their lives. It should not be forgotten that a report intended to increase the minimum maternity leave period from the present 14 weeks to 20 weeks of leave at full pay has been adopted by the majority in Parliament. Two weeks of paternity leave at full pay for fathers was also introduced. These are fair proposals that must be accepted by the Council in order to support families, motherhood, fatherhood and children. It is not enough to say that we want to increase the birth rate and then not act accordingly by improving the policies that could give some substance to this. Given the social value of motherhood and fatherhood, the way the Council is behaving is completely unacceptable: refusing all negotiation, and allowing an injustice to working women, to mothers and fathers, and, above all, to society to drag on. It is intolerable that the Council is adopting an attitude of veritable disdain towards the European Parliament and is not responding to the proposals that we have tabled, even if there are some Member States with reservations. We therefore await a positive response from the Council after this debate."@en1
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