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"Madam President, I would like to wish everyone a happy International Women’s Day. Enshrined in the founding treaty of the EU lies the commitment to reach equality between women and men. Since this founding treaty, the EU has delivered a huge amount to bring us closer to that goal. It has brought us legislation on equal treatment, equal pay, parental leave, carer’s leave and protection for pregnant workers, to mention a few of the direct benefits. I know the difference that these pieces of legislation have made; I used them in the 20 years I was a trade union official. Women have benefitted, and continue to benefit, from EU membership, in pay packets, pension provision and protection at work. But no one can suggest that we have achieved that original aim of equality. We cannot, and must not, put our feet up. Recently, we have seen that women have suffered disproportionately as a consequence of austerity policies across the EU and through employment deregulation, which has led to greater temporary and insecure employment. Looking at the Commission’s Europe 2020 strategy, there is agreement that more needs to be done – boosting female employment, reducing the pay gap, getting women into positions of power, reducing the number of people in poverty – but targets in these areas without actions are meaningless. A review of the actions of the Commission is not encouraging: refitting maternity leave directive, no progress on women directors and now no strategy on equality between women and men. So I ask the Commission to follow the talk on this day with action on all other days."@en1
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