Text tabled : A7-0235/2012

  Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL), in writing. – (FR) I voted for this report by Mikael Gustafsson of the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left. It stresses that the current economic and ecological problems are dealt with mainly from a technical perspective, ignoring the fact that the solutions require a drastic change in our conception of social justice and sustainable economy. In this area, women are, at the same time, the primary victims and real pioneers. We therefore have to give women and men the same opportunities to take action at a policy level and in relation to the economy, whose future also depends on green jobs. This report calls, in particular, on the Member States to develop action plans to encourage more women to choose courses and careers within sectors that will be the focus of many green jobs in the future (engineering, natural sciences, information technologies) but that are largely inaccessible to them at present. Some examples include women’s access to micro-credit for small businesses, and more centres for the care of children and the elderly to allow women to reconcile family and work life.