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"Mr President, Mr Mleczko, ladies and gentlemen, the European Maternity Leave Directive is a never-ending story. I have clear memories, as many of you certainly do too, of the many long-drawn-out and difficult discussions, the hearings in committee and ultimately, also in plenary. We all had the same objective, which was to provide support for mothers. We were fully focused on this. However, everyone had very different ways of achieving this objective. In some cases, we clashed head-on with one another as result of taking different approaches. This has not been forgotten.
It is difficult to put maternity benefits on the same footing throughout Europe and to harmonise the situation, when we know that the Member States are taking different types of action in this area. Mr Mleczko, I am grateful for your clear statement. You have once again highlighted the problem.
We in the European Parliament have put together the longest possible wish list and we are now surprised that we have not received a response from the Council. We have simply overburdened the Council with our wishes. The Council is aware of the many differences and the differing approaches in the Member States. The vote here in Parliament on the key points was carried by a very small majority. Only 327 Members voted in favour of 20 weeks maternity leave. A total of 320 were against and 30 abstained. The votes on full pay and on including paternity leave produced similar results.
It is important for us to recognise that Ms Estrela’s report is not a sound basis for negotiation. Even Ms Estrela will have to admit that the project has failed. If you want everything, you will end up with nothing. The questions that have been asked and Parliament’s readiness to negotiate, which has just been mentioned, will not take us any further. The different conceptions are too far apart. If we want to achieve something, we must start from scratch and make responsible, viable proposals. We must also finally acknowledge that the European Maternity Leave Directive will lay down minimum standards and that paternity leave forms part of parental leave."@en1
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