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.