Daily Archives: January 18, 2006

Press release: Is there any future for an EU with high levels of poverty?

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff January 18, 2006

On the eve of the Informal Meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs Ministers, EAPN has reacted to the Commission’s proposals for a new framework for the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) on Social Protection and Social Inclusion.

EAPN response to the Commission Communication ‘Working together, working better: A new framework for the open coordination of social protection and inclusion policies in the European Union’

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff January 18, 2006

In its response “Combating growing levels of Poverty and Inequality is essential for the future of the EU”, EAPN re-states that the continuing scandal of widespread poverty in a rich society, such as the EU, is intolerable.