Written Statements

Written statement: Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges

I support the proposed ‘women-on-boards directive’ not only for economic reasons. It does not make sense for any corporation to utilise in its production only half of the machines it has available. This applies for mechanical as well as for human “machines”. Women were excluded from operational and decision-making posts for ideological reasons. These acted

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Written Statement: Preparation of the Valletta summit of 11 and 12 November 2015

I find it difficult to be optimistic about the prospects of negotiations on Euro African cooperation regarding migrant movements and related socioeconomic give-and-take. Since the heyday of neo-colonialism in Africa, things have not improved much. Through the IMF and other bodies, the West imposed its neo-liberal model of development on most African countries. Privatisation, the

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Written Statement: Anti Semitism, Islamophobia and hate speech in Europe

Hate speech thrives on fear and anxiety among different sectors of our population. They feel that they are inadequately protected against changing circumstances in their daily lives and must bear alone the brunt of economic slowdown or social dislocations. To contain and eradicate hate speech, anti-semitism and islamophobia, we must tackle the conditions that help

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Ongoing crisis in the agriculture sector

Not enough is being done to compensate for the deleterious effects of the crisis in a number of agricultural sectors. This time the problem has been triggered by the prohibitions set by Russia on EU agricultural imports as retaliation for the sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia. It is now clear that EU sanctions

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