Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-03-Speech-2-016"
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"Mr President, I wish to thank Mr Schmid for his hard work and for the way that he has succeeded in forging compromises across the political groups. His report has our broad support.
That said, we have some concerns. First, we feel that too much detail may have crept both into the main report and certain amendments before plenary. Second, we wonder about some of the provisions on childcare and the reconciliation of work and family life. Are they fully compatible with sound public finance? In specifying the public sector, do they not ignore other means of delivering the same objectives as, for example, through the social partners?
On plenary amendments, we think that Amendment Nos 65 and 66 may send the wrong messages, respectively by implying a reduction in wages and by suggesting a one-size-fits-all approach. We prefer our own Amendment No 58.
On the positive side, we applaud the references to people with disabilities and hope that a proposal for a horizontal directive will soon be forthcoming. We endorse the objective of gender equality and recognise particularly the need for special support for women returning to work.
I add my own particular concern about the continuing gender pay gap and call for a concerted effort to close it.
Finally, we fully agree with the need for all stakeholders to be involved, including the parliaments within the Member States. Some are, and we welcome the initiative of others, such as the European Committee of the Scottish Parliament, to become so. But this should simply be the norm. The drive for more and better jobs is something in which we should all be directly engaged."@en1
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