News
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Press Release: EAPN calls on Member States to support Commission’s proposal for a target to reduce poverty in the EU
EAPN calls on all Member States to make a historic step forward in EU
cooperation by defending the Commission's proposals for an explicit
target to reduce poverty in the EU when they meet at the Spring Council
on the 25-26 March. "After failing to deliver any reduction in poverty levels in the EU
over the last 10 years the setting of a target to lift 20 million
European’s out of poverty, as one of the 5 key targets for the EU over
the next 10 years, is essential to bring political commitment and
attention to this problem which impacts directly on 80 million Europeans”
said Fintan Farrell Director of EAPN.
Friday, 19 February 2010
EAPN meets with Independent Experts on Social Inclusion
EAPN has been invited by the European Commission to meet with the Independent Experts on Social Inclusion on 26 February, following a very positive feedback on its report on the Crisis, written by EAPN’s Social Inclusion Working Group. Friday, 19 February 2010
Europa website undermines European Commission’s commitment to the social OMC and to the fight against poverty
In a letter addressed on 16 February to Director-General of DG Employment Robert Verrue, EAPN expressed its concerns about recent changes to the Commission's pages of the Europa website which appear to undermine the visibility of the Commission's commitment to the fight against poverty and to the Social OMC...
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
2010 Coalition Press Release: Social NGOs present their key demands for 2010
Today, two days before the official Opening of the European Year in Madrid by the European institutions, the Coalition of NGO networks – the EY 2010 NGO Coalition - active in fighting poverty and social exclusion have held a press conference to present its key demands for the outcome of 2010, European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, at Les Petits Riens, a Brussels-based social economy enterprise. EAPN contact information:
Square de Meeûs 18
B-1050 Brussels
Tel: +32.2.226.58.50
Fax: +32.2.226.58.69
E-mail: team@eapn.eu
EAPN is supported by
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