Text tabled : A7-0207/2011

  Alain Cadec (PPE), in writing. – (FR) I voted in favour of Ms Yannakoudakis’s report, which suggests ways of encouraging women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe. I endorsed, among others, an amendment calling on Member States to facilitate access to entrepreneurship for Roma women, in particular, via micro-credit. I also endorsed the paragraph calling on Member States to support programmes designed to enable migrant women to work on a self-employed basis or set up a business. Lastly, I voted in favour of the paragraph calling on Member States to encourage balanced representation of women and men on the management boards of companies, particularly where those States are shareholders.