Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-06-19-Speech-2-066"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-06-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Family life and study (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070619.6.2-066"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-06-19-Speech-2-0672
lpv:speaker	lp:Hiltrud Breyer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, many may well talk about the compatibility of family, work and childcare, but what happens? We complain, but the Commission and the Council did not even put childcare on the agenda for their last spring summit, and that shows just how little importance they attach to it. My expectation, Commissioner, is that we, when it comes to making laws, should move ahead rather than standing still; why is the Commission not doing more to bring the employment rates of men and women closer together? We know that the reason why work and family are more readily compatible in the Scandinavian countries is not only that there are more child care facilities available there, but also that more women are in employment. At the same time, in all European countries, the percentage of women with children in work has gone down by 15%, while that for working fathers has gone up by 6%. Almost a third of all women do part-time work; there is still a perceptible wages gap in the European Union, and it is Germany, indeed, that is bringing up in the rear with 26%. What I expect of the EU, then, is that it should come up with proposals rather than merely lofty sentiments. I also expect the Commission to make a statement on just how it happens that, in Member States such as Germany, there can be such a thing as what is termed the ‘splitting tariff’ for spouses, which is a reward for staying at home and does childcare no good whatever, while also, in fact, constituting a breach of the directive on ‘equal pay for equal work’. Why is it that children are not made a more central focus of policy in the European Union?"@en1

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