Angelika Werthmann (ALDE), in writing. – (DE) In view of the fact that the pay gap between men and women in the EU is still a gaping 17.1%, only one in seven board members of the largest European companies is a woman, and more women are in precarious employment situations and employed in the informal economy, it is high time that we established the appropriate prerequisites – for instance, working hours which allow for a work/life balance and appropriate child care – to enable equal treatment. I voted in favour of this report.