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"Madam President, if, after 55 years, discrimination is still the huge problem that we have described, it means that the policies adopted to date have not been effective enough.
That is why I believe it is vital to introduce the innovative elements presented in the report; above all, however, we must strengthen the system of incentives for good practice and sanctions for acts of discrimination. With regard to sanctions, all that is needed is to prevent companies that do not respect equality from bidding for public contracts, for example.
I would also like to point out another important and worrying element, which has already been mentioned but perhaps deserves greater attention. All European countries are changing their social security arrangements from a ‘pay-as-you-go’ system to a ‘funded’ system. Any interruption in a woman’s career or any wage discrimination becomes a penalty that she will carry with her for the rest of her life.
That is why the problem we are facing deserves our greatest attention, so that we do not put women at risk of poverty at an age when they would have no other means of protecting themselves."@en1
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