Medlemsstaterne må derfor udarbejde langsigtede strategier, der især retter sig mod de befolkningsgrupper, der er mest udsatte for social udstødelse og oftest rammes af fattigdom, navnlig langtidsarbejdsløse, handicappede, ældre, kvinder og indvandrere.
It is crucial that the Member States come up with long-term strategies primarily geared towards the groups at the greatest risk of social exclusion and which are most badly affected by poverty; the long-term unemployed, the disabled, the elderly, women and immigrants.