Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-29-Speech-1-127"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equality in access to and supply of goods and services2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040329.12.1-127"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-29-Speech-1-1282
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Thyssen2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2001-10-01--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as a woman, I have always been proud of what the European Community has achieved in the area of equal treatment of men and women. In that respect, we have played a pioneering role, certainly as regards the equal treatment in what – for the sake of convenience – I should like to call the working and professional environment. That has not always been the case. Now that we have a legal basis enabling us to go one step beyond the professional and working environment, I think we should do this. I do welcome the fact that, in terms of tax law, the Commission provides, at least at the moment, for temporary derogation. I believe that to be important, because where tax law is concerned, we move into the realms of family policy, and I think that we should continue to give the Member States free choices in that field. Understandably, the insurance industry has asked for a derogation to be put in place for them, because the proposal requires them to make huge adjustments. I would, however, ask them to understand that we nevertheless want to include insurance in the scope of this directive. I accept the legal argument that, strictly speaking, the unequal treatment of what is different does not amount to discrimination. This, however, should not stop us from taking positive steps in order to establish the equal treatment of men and women in the broad sense of the word, in society. That, therefore, means that we need to go beyond working and professional regulations and in that sense, I can also largely support the Commission's proposal."@en1

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