I lyset af valget til Europa-Parlamentet i 2014 er det endvidere vigtigt at øge bevidstheden om unionsborgernes rettigheder, ligestilling mellem kønnene, kvinders og mænds deltagelse i Unionens demokratiske proces, herunder deres rettigheder som vælgere og opstillede i den medlemsstat, de er bosat i, og om omfanget af Europa-Parlamentets beføjelser i den lovgivningsmæssige proces.
Raising awareness about Union citizens’ rights, gender equality, the participation of women and men in the democratic life of the Union including their electoral rights, as voters and as candidates, in their Member State of residence and about the scope of the European Parliament’s powers in the legislative process, is also important in view of the European Parliament elections in 2014.