91. Recalls that citizenship implies, under Article 21 of the UDHR, the right of every person to participate in the public affairs of their country of residence; recalls that European citizenship is not limited to the right to vote and stand in municipal and European elections, nor to the exercise of their rights, however essential they may be, as regards freedom of movement and residence; stresses therefore that European citizenship implies the ability of each resident in the territory of the Union to participate actively and without discrimination of any kind in the democratic, political, social and ...[+++] cultural life of the Member State in which he or she resides and to exercise all the fundamental political, civil, economic, cultural and social rights and freedoms recognised by the European Union;

93. Recalls that citizenship implies, under Article 21 of the UDHR, the right of every person to participate in the public affairs of their country of residence; recalls that European citizenship is not limited to the right to vote and stand in municipal and European elections, nor to the exercise of their rights, however essential they may be, as regards freedom of movement and residence; stresses therefore that European citizenship implies the ability of each resident in the territory of the Union to participate actively and without discrimination of any kind in the democratic, political, social and ...[+++] cultural life of the Member State in which he or she resides and to exercise all the fundamental political, civil, economic, cultural and social rights and freedoms recognised by the European Union;

Two such actions were managed by the Greek organisations DOKPY (Municipal Organisation for Social Intervention and Health), focusing on racial and gender discrimination against Roma/Gypsies and migrants, and by the Athens-based "Save the children", aiming at improving the quality of service provision to the Roma population.

29. Considers the adoption of the directive on long-term residents to be essential with a view to guaranteeing the integration of third-country nationals and endorses the idea, put forward by the Commission and the Economic and Social Committee, of creating a civic citizenship enabling third-country nationals legally resident in the European Union to enjoy a status conferring on them economic, social and political rights and duties, including the right to vote in local and European elections;

19. Points out that the local dimension of employment is important both for small and medium-sized enterprises in general and because it is closely linked to sectors with a social component and services in the broad sense, without excluding other sectors; considers, therefore, that efforts need to be made to secure the increasingly active involvement of the most directly accessible authorities, that is to say regional and in particular municipal authoriti ...[+++]es, extending also to the various events and bodies under their responsibility or operating in conjunction with them;

We must return a lot of the programs to the delivery level which is at the provincial and municipal levels of government (1525 ) Let us look at the fourth area, social programs and the welfare area. There will always be people in our society who need help.