Blandt de vigtigste emner vedrørende det strategiske mål solidaritet, der blev behandlet af Europa-Parlamentet, kan nævnes: de demografiske udfordringer og solidaritet mellem generationerne, samhørighedspolitikkens bidrag til vækst og beskæftigelse (EU’s strategiske retningslinjer 2007-2013), de økonomiske og sociale konsekvenser af omstruktureringen af virksomheder i Europa (specielt inden for automobilsektoren), social sikring og social integration, globaliseringens virkninger på det indre marked, homofobi og den stigende vold relateret til racisme og homofobi i Europa, kampen mod handel med mennesker, tvungen prostitution under verdensmesterskabet ifodbold 2006, udtryksfrihed, religions- og trosfrihed, rammestrategien for ikke-forskels-behandling og lige muligheder for alle, ligestilling mellem kvinder og mænd i EU og Lissabon-strategiens fremtid med hensyn til kønsperspektivet, kvinder i international politik, de handicappedes generelle situation i det udvidede EU (den europæiske handlingsplan for handicappede 2006-2007), overgangsordningen, som begrænser arbejdskraftens frie bevægelighed på arbejdsmarkederne i EU, en ny rammestrategi
As regards the solidarity objective, the subjects considered by Parliament included: demographic challenges and solidarity between the generations; cohesion policy in support of growth and jobs (strategic guidelines 2007–13); the economic and social consequences of company restructuring in Europe, especially in the motor industry; social protection and inclusion; the effects of globalisation on the internal market; homophobia and the increase in racist and homophobic violence in Europe; ghting trafficking in human beings, and forced prostitution during the 2006 football World Cup; the right to freedom of speech and respect for religious beliefs; a framework strategy for non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all; equality between women and men in the European Union, and the future of the Lisbon strategy from the point of view of the gender perspective; women in international politics; the situation of disabled people in the enlarged European Union (the European action plan 2006–07); the transitional arrangements restricting the free movement of workers on European Union labour markets; a new framework strategy for multilingualism, and measures to promote multilingualism and language learning in the European Union; the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society — on 18 January Parliament decided to set up a committee of inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions or maladministration in the application of Community law in the case; climate change; establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading (national allocation plans 2008–12); the protection of the environment through criminal law, and the consequences of the judgment of the Court of Justice of 13 September 2005 in Case C-176/03 Commission v Council; the nancing of environmental protection (LIFE+ and Natura 2000); the thematic strategies for the urban environment and protection and conservation of the marine environment; improving the economic situation in the shing industry; the sugar and milk sectors; and risk and crisis management in the agricultural sector.