When speaking of the commitment to full employment, we have to bear in mind that, these days, full employment does not mean what it meant in the era of Beveridge at the end of the Second World War, that is to say, employment for the male head of the household. We must argue for equality of the sexes, the famous 'gender mainstreaming' , which is one of the least developed questions in the Prodi Commission' s programme.
Når man taler om løftet om fuld beskæftigelse, må man tage udgangspunkt i, at fuld beskæftigelse i dag ikke længere som i Beveridges tid ved slutningen af Anden Verdenskrig er ensbetydende med beskæftigelse af det mandlige familieoverhoved.