Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-23-Speech-1-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Social policy agenda2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001023.7.1-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-23-Speech-1-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Rodi Kratsa-tsagaropoulou2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2000-09-05--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2000-08-30--2001-05-16)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the proposed social agenda sent out a political message which did not go unheeded. This issue provoked intense interest in societies throughout Europe and the Committee on Women’s Rights has taken account in its opinion of the numerous proposals submitted by representatives of non-governmental organisations and civil society in general. We hope that the application of the social agenda will also give citizens the chance to feel part of social Europe and to realise that the European Union intends to take positive action to continue raising standards of living, rather than merely guaranteeing minimum levels. We must also make it clear that the social agenda does not intend to impose a uniform social policy but to coordinate, support and boost national policies within a global framework for social development, because all Member States currently face common challenges, which are naturally of varying proportions, such as working structures, discrimination against citizens and gender inequalities. The Committee on Women’s Rights maintains that the social agenda must focus all its ideas and projects on the qualitative and quantitative participation in the job market of women of all ages and from all social strata and must therefore give priority to any measures which facilitate access to work, the sort of measures to which we refer in our opinion, such as making it easier to combine professional and family lives or other personal choices. The Committee on Women’s Rights also proposes that women of all ages and from all social strata should have access to an adequate and dignified system of social protection. We must not forget that women are always the first to fall prey to economic crises and the majority of our fellow citizens who are victims of social exclusion and poverty are women. In our opinion we also support dialogue and cooperation with civil society, especially women’s organisations in countries preparing to join the European family, because here too we must anticipate uniform development which follows in the footsteps and adopts the rationale of the rest of Europe."@en1

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