Hr. formand, vi lever i en tid fuld af kontraster og selvmodsigelser. Og mens kvinden i Den Europæiske Union nyder fuld anerkendelse af de rettigheder, som hun har, så nægtes hun i nogle lande endog retten til at være, til at eksistere.
Mr President, we are living through an era full of contrasts and contradictions and while, in the European Union, women' s rights are fully recognised, in some countries they are even denied the right to be, the very right to exist.