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A story that millions of Europeans would want to hear

Ms Berès, who is also chair of the Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee, spoke about the possibility of an EU Directive as “an exciting development that needs to be part of the discussions in the European Election campaigns and which should be brought quickly on the agenda of the newly elected Parliament”. 

“The position taken by National Governments, by Political Groups in the Parliament and National Political Parties, by the EU Institutions, to support or to block this development is information that all EU citizens should have”, added Fintan Farrell, coordinator of the EMIN project.

All major political Groups in the European Parliament were invited to participate and the following Groups responded and made interventions: Marian Harkin (ALDE – Liberal Group), Elisabeth Schroedter (Green Group) and Gabrielle Zimmer (GUE – United European Left Group).

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What are Adequate Minimum Income Schemes?

Minimum Income Schemes: “income support schemes which provide a safety net for those who cannot work or access a decent job and are not eligible for social security payments or whose entitlements have expired”

Adequate Minimum Income: income that is indispensable to live a life in dignity and to fully participate in society

What do Adequate Minimum Income schemes bring to society?

  • Ensure that people who need to receive them can remain active in the society, help them reconnect to the world of work and allows them to live in dignity.
  • Are good for the whole of the society as they are indispensable for more equal societies and more equal societies are better for everyone.
  • As the base for high-level social protection systems act as ‘economic stabilisers’, as was demonstrated with the countries with high-level social protection systems being best able to resist the negative impacts of the crisis.
  • Are a very small percentage of the Government’s social spending and represent a huge return on the investment as the cost of non-investment has enormous immediate impacts for the individuals concerned and long term costs for the society.
  • Must ensure a positive hierarchy with minimum wages and thus help to reverse the destructive trend of rising numbers of working poor in Europe.

For further Information:

Follow the European Minimum Income Network (EMIN) and see the outputs and follow the work of the project http://emin-eu.net. This blog also has easy access to useful related documents, facts and figures. The hashtag for EMIN tweets is #eminetwork.

Contacts for EMIN,  Fintan Farrell, Project Manager Fintan.farrell@eapn.eu or Anne Van Lancker, Project Policy Coordinator vanlanckeranne@gmail.com  

Contact any of the Partners of the EMIN project (further contact details on the EMIN blog):

o     AGE Platform Europe

o     FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless) 

o     Belgian Public Administration, Public Planning Service Social Integration, Anti-Poverty Policy and Social Economy Social Integration

o     ANSA (Agence Nouvelle des Solidarités Actives)

o     ETUI (European Trade Union Institute)

o     OSE (Observatoire Social Européen)

o     SIRG (Social Inclusion Regional Group)

o     National Minimum Income Networks

o     Belgium by Belgian Anti-Poverty Network

o     Italy, CILAP/EAPN Italy

o     Ireland, EAPN Ireland

o     Denmark ,EAPN Denmark

o     Hungary by EAPN Hungary

o     In the second year of the project (2014) Work is taken place in a further 25 Countries 

View photos of the event on our Picasa site

 

 

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jeremy.fleming.jones@euractiv.com‎;
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nnaizy@metrotime.be 
gerald.papy@levif.be
Olivier.LeBussy@LaLibre.be
guy.bernard@saipm.be 
hugues.dorzee@lesoir.be
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 karim.fadoul@sudpresse.be marc.beaudelot@sudpresse.be laurent.wilen@sudpresse.be
baudouin.massart@alter.be
pam@humanite.fr‎;
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Bernard.gorce@bayard-presse.com; marianne.meunier@bayard-presse.com; olivier.talles@bayard-presse.com
Anncahill@europe.com 
j.celski@gazeta.pl
mariagrodrigo@gmail.com
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kalle.kniivila@sydsvenskan.se
joane.hostein@rfi.fr
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March 19, 2014
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    • What is EAPN?
    • Our members
    • Our structure
      • EAPN Europe Staff
      • Governing bodies
        • General Assembly (GA)
        • Executive Committee
        • Bureau
      • EU Inclusion Strategies Group
    • The way we are funded
    • Get involved
    • Contact us
  • What we do
    • How we work
    • Policy areas we focus on
      • Poverty & Fundamental Rights
      • Wealth & Inequalities
      • Employment
      • Access to Public Services
      • EU Funds
      • Participation of people experiencing poverty
      • Europe 2020 Strategy
      • The Future of Europe
    • Projects
    • Network Development
    • Campaigns & Alliances
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      • Alliances & Structured dialogue
  • News & Publications
    • Press Room
      • EAPN Press releases
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      • EAPN Policy toolkits & Briefings
      • EAPN Letters
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    • Upcoming Events
    • EAPN Photos & Videos
    • EU jargon explained
  • What is poverty ?
    • Introduction
    • Poverty : what is it?
    • How is poverty measured?
    • Facts & Trends
    • Inequality : what is it?
    • Causes of poverty and inequality
    • Sources of information
    • Voices from the ground
  • Members’ Room
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