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