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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality between women and men in the European Union - 2011 - Women in political decision-making (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120312.17.1-070-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-12-Speech-1-071-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Silvana Koch-mehrin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-02-08--2012-09-16)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2011-06-01--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freie Demokratische Partei (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2012-01-27--2012-03-28)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, who in Europe is still talking about votes for women? The answer is that nobody is nowadays, as we take women’s right to vote for granted. How was that situation brought about? It was done through legislation, through compulsion, in other words. I therefore think it is important that we should also introduce gender quotas today through legislation. The result would be that we would not have to talk about it any more, as it would be just as self-evident as women’s right to vote. Voluntary self-imposed obligations either do not work or are not even entered into, and this applies just as much to the economy as to politics. In a representative democracy such as Europe, the majority of the population, which is to say women, must actually be represented accordingly in politics. Yet the reality in the parliaments and in the parties is something quite different. When it comes to the economy, numerous studies have shown that an equal distribution of women and men in executive positions considerably improves the economic success of a company. Moreover, it is also the case that the decision on whether or not to buy something is taken by women for nearly every product. As a liberal, I stand for competition, and I stand for a free and fair market economy. However, both of these only work when basic conditions are in place that permit that very freedom and fairness. Those conditions are not in place for women when it comes to executive positions. I therefore look forward, Ms Reding, to the proposals that you will be bringing forward in May on the participation of more women in executive positions. It is, I would say, high time for that to happen."@en1
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