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"Mr President, six months ago, I said here that we had high expectations of the Danish Presidency, not only because we had a Presidency led by a woman, but because of its ambitious agenda in a period where Europe has multiple challenges to address.
Six months is a short period to meet such expectations, but recent developments, such as the outcome of last week’s European summit, give us reason to believe that with the political will and the necessary unity, much can be achieved. I am referring here to the investment package and the financial transaction tax. The Danish Presidency put investment, growth and competitiveness as priorities, and I believe that package should help meet those objectives. I would like to thank the Danish Government, and especially Minister Wammen, for their hard work.
I would like to highlight the commitments that the Danish Presidency has made towards gender equality. Progress has been made on some of them, such as increasing women’s participation in boardrooms. I regret, however, that despite the efforts of the Presidency, no agreement could be found at Council level regarding the Maternity Leave Directive.
As Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt underlined, it is our duty to take our countries through the crisis without abandoning our values and the European social model. Let us not forget that."@en1
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