The study presents the legal and political framework of the EP's institutional position in the EU's common foreign and security policy and analyses the constitutional role of selected national parliaments in foreign policy.

This note intends to present the most recent facts and figures on trafficking in women and children. It will define the main concepts related to this issue, then present the data available and the causes often proposed to account for this phenomenon and finally the actions taken by the EU in...

A critical appraisal of current policies in the EU and selected national systems.

This note aims at defining the main risk factors of poverty for women in the European Union and at identifying the groups that are particularly at risk. It has to be underlined that some data are not available for the new Member States.

This note aims to assess what progress has been made towards achieving the Lisbon objectives in terms of gender equality.

Dieser Vermerk wurde für den Initiativbericht u0084Auswirkungen der künftigen Erweiterungen auf die Wirksamkeit der Kohäsionspolitiku0093 angefordert und dient der Auswertung aktueller statistischer Daten. Er enthält verschiedene theoretische Hochrechnungen, so beispielsweise zu den...

Le processus d'élaboration de la constitution tunisienne a été enclenché au lendemain d'élections démocratiques et transparentes. S'il a mis en exergue des divergences profondes entre les acteurs politiques quant au statut de l'Islam dans la constitution et l'équilibre des pouvoirs, il...