Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-12-19-Speech-4-168"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-12-19"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20021219.10.4-168"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-12-19-Speech-4-1692
lpv:speaker	lp:Arvidsson, Cederschiöld, Grönfeldt Bergman, Stenmarck and Wachtmeister (PPE-DE )2
lpv:translated text	"The Swedish Moderate Party’s delegation to the European Parliament has voted against Mrs Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou’s report on the Commission’s sixth annual report on Equal Opportunities in the European Union, 2001. We believe that equality proceeds from the equal value of every person and from every individual’s right to respect for their person and their choices when it comes to personal, family and professional life. It is a matter of justice that no one should be discriminated against because of their gender or for other reasons. Any form of oppression, discrimination or stereotyping must be combated, and the opportunity of everyone to make free choices promoted. We do not therefore believe that the proposal in the report indicates the right road to go down. We oppose those parts of the report that recommend the adoption of quotas and what is termed positive discrimination. It is not the task of politicians to determine how private employers take their recruitment decisions in the light of these considerations. Mathematical redistribution does not mean justice and does not lead to genuine equality. Selection procedures for recruitment and admission to higher education should, however, ensure gender neutrality as far as possible. Moreover, we see the continued work on equality as being, in the first place, about changing attitudes in the long term, and we would emphasise the importance of schools in shifting attitudes in this direction. We believe that the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs should have responsibility for those issues now being dealt with by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities. ***"@en1

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