Pobreza e exclusão social

As part of the activities organised by the European Parliament to mark International Women's Day, a seminar on 2 March 2010 chaired by Ms Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Vice-President of the EP, addressed the following issue: 'Towards 2014: What are the links between women and the European Union?'

Following the European elections of June 2009, it was important to ask a certain number of fundamental questions when evaluating the outcome:

In this dossier we highlight a decisive element for the next European elections in 2014: the link between women and the EU is weaker than between men and the EU. In fact, the scientific analyses have demonstrated that a vicious circle exists which we need to try and break before the next European poll.

Women are no less European than men; they just do not have the same vision of the European Union as men. In fact, they want a different kind of Europe. It is only then that women will feel closer to the EU and become more interested in matters at European level. But for now, and by far, they feel much more involved at the local and national levels.

O Parlamento Europeu encomenda periodicamente estudos de opinião pública nos Estados-Membros.

Ao proceder desta forma, o Parlamento Europeu esforça-se por melhor captar a percepção e as expectativas dos cidadãos sobre as suas actividades e as da União Europeia no seu conjunto, o que constitui uma ajuda preciosa para preparar, determinar e avaliar o seu trabalho.

O leitor dispõe de informações sobre as atitudes dos Europeus perante as alterações climáticas ou a actual situação económica, mas também sobre o modo como os cidadãos encaram e aquilo que esperam das eleições europeias, do Parlamento Europeu e da integração europeia em geral.