Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-06-Speech-4-073"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031106.6.4-073"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-06-Speech-4-0742
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". It is no longer the case that certain family duties and certain careers are reserved for men or women. Policy is no longer determined by what men think is important. Women are no longer expected to leave the most important decisions to men. This development contributes to greater equality between people. Unfortunately, this is not happening simultaneously throughout Europe. We can see from the number of women elected to national parliaments that the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands are in the lead, that the southern European and English-speaking countries are trailing way behind, and that the role of women in the East has even been forced into a decline. There is a justifiable fear that after the enlargement of the EU, the number of women in the next European Parliament will be lower than it is at present. We will only be able to bring about change in this area through the greater participation of women in areas where there are conflicts of opinions and interests, and through their participation in the organisations involved. We must eliminate the obstacles to this. Electoral legislation may contribute by abolishing systems based on districts, but not by legislating on the composition of candidate lists. My party, the Socialist Party of the Netherlands, has lists for the Upper and Lower Houses which comprise 50% women in electable seats, but we do not do this through coercion but through conviction. The feminisation of politics is achieved from the bottom up and by pursuing the struggle outside Parliament."@en1

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