How has the European socialist group defended the rights and expectations of citizens?
As you know, I am president of the socialist women in the European parliament, so I will give you an example: during the 2006 football world cup in Germany, the socialist women put pressure on parliament so that the EU became more aware of the prostitution which was rife during the championship. We managed to get the conservative ex-commissioner Franco Frattini to pay attention to us and to increase the amount of money parliament gave to countering this, with the European Daphne programme that helps women.
