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"Madam President, Mr Mleczko, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking my colleague, Ms Estrela, for the questions she has posed to the Council. I cannot emphasise enough how important it is for us to continue to press for the negotiations on this directive to be resumed. I think it has been made clear today that, as far as Parliament is concerned, we are willing to negotiate in an attempt to reach agreement with the Council. However, this requires the Council to make its position clear so that we can obtain an absolutely clear starting point for the negotiations. We owe European citizens a fair and sensible maternity scheme that is capable of rectifying the financial disparity between men and women and which, at the same time, provides the motivation for European families to have more children. Mr Mleczko, there is a shortage of children in Europe.
All women in the EU should have the right to have children without losing their earned income or their pension. Equality is a cornerstone of the EU, and the one gender, women, must not be placed in a poorer position or penalised because they make the huge contribution of having children. The Member States have used the economic crisis as an excuse for not investing in the health and safety of women and children. That is extremely disturbing. If we can afford to give billions to support the banks, we can clearly also afford to provide proper maternity conditions for all women. Besides, the internal market should not just be about cheap goods. It is also important for the internal market to ensure high social standards for workers. We must not have disparate competitive conditions throughout the Union, leading to social dumping where undertakings can see a profit in diminishing the conditions for women. Therefore, the negotiations on this Maternity Leave Directive represent a cornerstone in the attempt to raise standards on the European labour market and improve social conditions for families."@en1
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