Daily Archives: November 27, 2008

Press release – Commission’s Economic recovery package: Too much ‘business as usual’ and not enough focus on solidarity and social justice

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2008

Brussels, 27 November 2008 – For EAPN the current “Growth and Jobs” focus has clearly failed to reduce poverty and social exclusion, even in times of boom, so how are we supposed to trust that more of the same will help us in times of crisis?

From financial crisis to recovery: Where is the strategy to combat poverty? – EAPN Input on the Commission’s Economic Recovery Package

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2008

EAPN member networks will be closely monitoring the impact of the crisis on people experiencing poverty and people at risk of poverty and will be building alliances with other actors to produce further proposals in the coming months.