Tuesday, 16 March 2010

EAPN's Response to Europe 2020: Delivering on the Poverty Target!

On 3rd March 2010, the European Commission published its proposals for the post-2010 Lisbon Strategy: Europe 2020. These proposals build on President Barroso´s Guidelines for the next Commission published in September 2008 and the draft outline EU2020. For EAPN, the inclusion of an EU poverty target, Flagship programme and process, represents a potentially historic step forward for the EU fight against poverty...

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.