A holistic approach to eradicating poverty, which seeks to ensure adequate incomes, quality jobs and better access to social services and services of general interest, is advocated by the Employment and Social Affairs Committee in an own-initiative report by Gabriele ZIMMER (GUE/NGL, DE) on promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU.
Izdarot izmaiņas savā Reglamentā, tajā formāli atzīstot Eiropas Savienības karogu, himnu un devīzi, deputāti vēlas sniegt skaidru politisku vēstījumu: Eiropas Savienības simboli ir būtiski — arī Parlamenta darbā.