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"en.20120313.17.2-209-000"2
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"Madam President, I voted alongside my group against the Pietikäinen report on women in political decision making. While I accept strongly that there is a numerical imbalance between men and women in terms of numbers involved in political decision making at the highest levels, and that this is not an ideal state of affairs, I strongly reject EU-wide quotas and targets being put in place and enforced.
I believe that this is a matter for national governments and political parties and their electorates. Although I do not oppose the notion of introducing targets at national level, I again feel strongly that this is a matter to be organised by the Member States as they see fit within their own political systems. Lastly, I would like to make the comment that, within my own political party, Margaret Thatcher never felt remotely held back in her rise to power in the United Kingdom by being a woman."@en1
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