Tarja Halonen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Country #Equality #Gender
It is positive that the change in Finland means a rush in the elections and not in the streets.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Mean #Election #Finland
European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Discipline #Citizens #Unions
Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Keys #Miracle #Nuclear
Finland, and all the other European countries, we are too dependent on imported energy. We should be using a broader variety of energy resources.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Country #Energy #Should
Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Looks #Economy
The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Strong #Justice #Goal
It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Law #People #Globalization
Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Problem #Inequality #Competence
The Finland of the 21st century can thrive only if women of learning - in common with their male counterparts - are guaranteed the opportunity to use their creative potential to the full.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Opportunity #Creative #Use
Women receive easily the most difficult assignments.
-- Tarja Halonen

#Assignments #Difficult

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