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"Mr President, good corporate governance, governance that is transparent, economical and predictable, is particularly important in times of crisis. This is the subject matter of the report and this is the reason why this report is important for us today.
There is one thing, however, which I believe is missing from the report, namely a more decisive approach to the issue of quotas for women’s representation on company boards. We already know that soft approaches to this issue do not deliver results, and for this reason I am very pleased that Mrs Reding is now talking about hard-hitting and decisive quotas, and the Commissioner has also spoken of this matter today. Unfortunately this does not appear in the report on which we will be voting tomorrow.
At a meeting today of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) different opinions were expressed, but there was an clear majority of those in favour of hard-hitting and stringent quotas, which is something that I welcome greatly, as they do not impose any restrictions on economic freedom or on the freedom of companies. All that they do is to make boards of companies more socially responsible. Various studies have shown that boards and companies where there is a better gender balance deliver better economic results. I hope that we will support quotas tomorrow."@en1
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