Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-26-Speech-4-014"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-05-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Economy, Employment, Social Policy2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050526.4.4-014"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-26-Speech-4-0152
lpv:speaker	lp:Astrid Lulling2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; Quaestors (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Parti chrétien social (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-21--2007-01-15)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality on the guidelines for employment policy, I am saddened by the absence of our most original ideas in the final report presented by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. In the opinion, I emphasised the need to encourage the diversification of career options for girls, because enhancing women’s employability is the only way to improve their job prospects. We therefore recommended affirmative action to improve the employment situation for women. Nor did we forget the self-employed and their assisting spouses – millions of unseen workers, mostly women, who are disregarded when statistics on women’s employment rates are compiled. It is absurd to forget them and fail to ensure that they obtain social security cover and a share in business profits by proposing measures, such as framework statutes, which would put an end to the precarious nature of employment as an assisting spouse. This idea was approved by Parliament in 1997 in the wake of my report on assisting spouses in family businesses, but it still has not been embraced by the Commission. The report under examination was an opportunity to send a reminder, and it is regrettable that it has not done so. Another idea put forward in my opinion was the promotion of ‘chosen working time’ and of voluntary part-time work. None of these ideas found favour with the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, and that is a great pity. Perhaps the European Commission will take them into consideration. I certainly hope so because, if we bear in mind, Commissioner, that the proposals adopted unanimously by Parliament date back to 1997 and that, in 2005, nothing has yet been done to amend the directive of 1986 on the equal treatment of self-employed people and assisting spouses, the wait might be seen as being rather lengthy."@en1

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