Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-25-Speech-2-612-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:State of play of the Maternity Leave Directive (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111025.31.2-612-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-25-Speech-2-613-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Elena Băsescu2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Democrat-Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2010-05-12--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2010-01-20--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2012-02-12)3 member; PETI (2009-10-07--2012-01-18)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Parliament and Council need to reach agreement on making headway on this legislative act. In the current circumstances, a balance has to be struck between the need for women’s employment and the financial impact of maternity leave. At the same time, a variety of options have to be offered to avoid women’s professional status declining as a result of their absence from the workplace. I should emphasise that the option for amending the maternity leave period was highlighted by the European Parliament in Amendments 4 and 42 made to the proposal for a directive. They are aimed at protecting the child’s health and development and at the mother’s wellbeing as an active member of the workforce. In terms of achieving the 75% target for women’s employment, offering mothers this option is a particularly useful measure. At the same time, the two amendments leave it up to families to establish a work/life balance. The Romanian Government has been forced recently to amend the legislation in this area to reduce budgetary expenditure and tackle the impact of the economic crisis. This means that women in Romania have two options: they can choose to return to work during the first year after the birth of their child, along with a bonus from the State, or to take two years’ maternity leave. In addition, in line with the commitments made to the International Monetary Fund, Romania is obliged to use its new social care legislation to reduce the number of allowances of this kind from 54 to nine, thereby preventing as well the fraudulent use of social care funds."@en1
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