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". – Mr President, not with pleasure but with some regret, I will start by saying that Mrs McKenna's choice of language is disappointing. I do not accept that the Commission is male-dominated. This is outside the scope of how we work professionally in this field. This is not nice, and it is also factually wrong.
We do things in this area which are not normally or not always labelled as gender activity. We are engaged in land reform issues and changing legislation in many countries without describing this as gender action. However, it is extremely important to devise modern legislation that creates equal rights on land ownership and, for a country like Kenya which decided to go for free primary education in one big step, to provide budget support that makes it possible for girls to benefit from that opening. The budget support of EUR 50 million for Kenya was not labelled gender support but, in reality, this is hard-core, big-money, gender-relevant policies. This is mainstreaming.
I must insist that this is where the big battle is being fought. I could understand the discussion here if this was about the distinction between 9 and 200 million euros, rather than about the distinction between 9 and 11 million euros. Then I would see some sort of logic in what has been said here tonight. But the budget line on this specific activity is a catalyst for moving forward good new ideas, innovative approaches, etc., to inspire the more general work on mainstreaming. That is why it is a mistake to move the money level as such up and down. I would very much regret it if Parliament did not act on this issue in a manner that will create a smooth and rapid decision-making process. It is a mistake to think that the attitude and the sincerity of the fight for gender equality is reflected in a choice between 9 or 11 million euros. We must be judged by our general work and we are relatively confident of that judgement."@en1
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