slovenija A5.pmd - Statistični urad Republike Slovenije

Statistièni portret Slovenije v Evropski uniji
Statistical Portrait of Slovenia in the EU
Uvodna beseda
Evropska unija je od 1. maja 2004 skupnost 25 držav - nova identiteta, za katero
smo se državljani èlanic odloèili zaradi skupnih interesov in enakih demokratiènih
vrednot. Vkljuèitev Slovenije v EU je bila naš prednostni cilj, ki smo ga 23. marca
2003 podprli tudi na referendumu.
Identiteta EU se bo v prihodnje vzajemno spreminjala z razvijanjem posameznih
držav èlanic, vendar bo vsaka še naprej ohranjala tudi lastno identiteto. Pestrost
razliènih kultur, jezikov, religij in zgodovinskih izkušenj držav èlanic EU pa že sama
ustvarja ozraèje in obmoèje svobode, praviènosti, spoštovanja èlovekovih pravic -
vrednot demokracije. Hkrati pa združena Evropa omogoèa zlasti manjšim samostojnim
državam, da se uveljavijo - strokovno, socialno in gospodarsko.
Kot okvir za vzpostavitev odnosov med nami, evropskimi državljani, in s politiènimi
institucijami Evropske unije smo se države èlanice odloèile sprejeti ustavno pogodbo
EU in nekatere so jo že zaèele ratificirati. "Vsi državljani držav èlanic so tudi
državljani EU". Nacionalno državljanstvo se s tem le nadgrajuje, posebno glede
èlovekovih pravic in svobošèin.
V tej publikaciji Vam Evropsko unijo in položaj Slovenije med njimi prikazujemo s
statistiènimi podatki. Metodologije zbiranja in izkazovanja statistiènih podatkov
smo nacionalni statistièni uradi skupaj z Eurostatom, Statistiènim uradom
Evropskih skupnosti, v preteklem desetletju usklajevali prav zato, da lahko danes
s primerljivimi podatki portretiramo Evropsko unijo. Predstavljamo Vam le nekaj
zanimivejših, osnovnih podatkov o posameznih državah èlanicah. Nekateri kazalniki
vsaj nakazujejo tudi naèin življenja in bivanja prebivalcev v njih, podrobnejše
predstavitve pa so na voljo tudi na spletnih straneh Statistiènega urada Republike
Slovenije www.stat.si.
Želimo, da bi Vam ta publikacija našo širšo skupnost in njene prebivalce vsaj nekoliko
približala.
Introductory words
On 1 May 2004 the European Union became a community of 25 countries with a
new identity for which the citizens in Member States decided because of common
interests and equal democratic values. The accession of Slovenia to the EU was our
priority objective, which we realized at a referendum held on 23 March 2003.
The EU identity will change with the development of its Member States; however,
each EU Member State will continue to preserve its own identity as well. The variety
of different cultures, languages, religions and historical experiences of EU Member
States will create the atmosphere and area of freedom, justice, respect of human rights,
i.e. democratic values. At the same time the united Europe provides smaller, independent
states with the possibility to assert themselves professionally, socially and economically.
In order to establish relations among EU citizens on the one hand and those with
political institutions of the European Union on the other hand, EU Member States
have decided to adopt the Constitutional Treaty for the EU and some of them have
already ratified it. The Treaty states that "every citizen of a Member State is a
citizen of the EU", which means that national citizenship is thus upgraded, especially
as regards human rights and freedoms.
In this publication the European Union and Slovenia's position in it are presented
with statistical data. In the past decade National Statistical Institutes and Eurostat,
the Statistical Office of the European Communities, have been harmonising the
methodology of collecting and disseminating statistical data in order to be able to
present the European Union with comparable data. This publication brings only some
of the most interesting, basic data on individual Member States. Nevertheless, some
of the indicators at least attempt to indicate how people live in these countries. More
detailed information is available on the web site of the Statistical Office of the Republic
of Slovenia www.stat.si.
We wish that this publication would help you get an insight into the new wider
community and its population.
Mag. Irena Križman
generalna direktorica
Director-General