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"Mr President, thank you for staying up so late. I would also like to thank Commissioners Michel and Špidla for their highly positive participation in the report we are presenting; and I would like to thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and Mr Matsakis, who is the only male fellow Member to be taking part in this debate.
I believe that maintaining family ties is a common denominator, and everyone has stressed how important it is. It is also vital to protect children, above all, small children, and establish appropriate conditions tailored to the special needs of women. The primary issue, however, should be that we stand up for human rights, especially the rights of women, regardless of whether or not they are in prison. Therefore, what applies to women who are not in prison ought also to apply to those who are.
With regard to social exclusion, let me give particular thanks to Commissioner Špidla, who through you, Commissioner Michel, stressed the importance of support measures as early as the detention stage: measures for vocational training, for integration into the market and for cooperation with the private sector. We can thus put into practice what you have said, Commissioner: we should see to it that prison becomes an opportunity and not a form of revenge. With regard to of Mr Matsakis’s point of view that there are also dangerous tendencies, these exist both inside and outside prison, and we must provide the opportunity and the medical means to tackle them, so that we can prevent the marginalisation of individuals. Marginalisation is in conflict with our ideas about the dignity of individuals and the possibility of supporting them so that they can give of their best to society.
I hope, as the Commissioner has said, that the new Lisbon Treaty will give us the opportunity to take more action. Since the presentation of this report and the ratification of the Treaty are not far removed, many of the suggestions made in the report may become a reality. I shall return, however, to a subject not mentioned, namely that the Commission’s annual report on human rights should also include the condition of women in EU prisons."@en1
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