Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-08-Speech-2-444-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110308.22.2-444-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-03-08-Speech-2-444-5002
lpv:speaker	lp:Alf Svensson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"In today’s vote on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2010, I voted against, and today is International Women’s Day of all days! Several of my colleagues in the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and in other groups also voted against the own-initiative report – each having his or her own reasons. Allow me to briefly state my own. The most problematic paragraphs as far as I am concerned are those advocating binding targets for the Member States with regard to gender quotas. Apart from the fact that this is an infringement of the Member States’ self-determination by the EU, I am also opposed to the very idea of quotas. As if women are not capable of being judged on their own merit, just like men. The text also contains passages concerning minimum income, which, of course, has to be a matter for the social partners to sort out, not for politicians, either at national or international level. Altogether, the points referred to above resulted in my choosing to vote against the report, which was nevertheless adopted by the European Parliament."@en1

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