Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, met this Monday (June 13) with several young people from across Europe, to hear their views and discuss “Social Protection, Minimum Income, and beyond”. BAPN activist Emmanuel Buta Kossi joined the youth debate on the future of these social policies and shared his perspective on the…
June 28 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (CEST) With this policy conference, we aim to contribute to a strong and ambitious Recommendation on Minimum Income Schemes to the Council, with a rights-based approach, that genuinely delivers for people experiencing poverty. Minimum income should be high enough to enable people to live with dignity and feel like…
This EU Poverty Watch report aims to capture the main findings, messages and recommendations from 21 Poverty Watches produced by our members. These reports start from the reality of people experiencing poverty and the perspectives of the NGOs that work with them. They aim to monitor key trends and policy, raise awareness about the reality for people experiencing poverty and…
The European anti-Poverty Network, as a partner of the Working Yet Poor project (WorkYP), is currently working on a report that will identify policy priorities and feasible actions that Member States should adopt to tackle in-work poverty. The policy recommendations will primarily draw upon the comparative analysis carried out by the University of Frankfurt, as…
Brussels, 24 February 2022 The Executive Committee of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) strongly voices its most absolute rejection of any type of war and its justifications. EAPN urges the European Union and its national leaders to -among the possible decisions of today’s meeting- agree on preventive and organizational measures to deal with the situation in which thousands of people…
As one of the co-founding members of the Right to Energy Coalition, EAPN was honoured to launch the Right to Energy Forum 2022, together with the European Public Service Unions (EPSU) and Friends of the Earth Europe. We presented the new EAPN-EPSU briefing on the right to affordable, clean energy for all Europeans, during the…
The European Commission released a new proposal to boost renovation and decarbonisation of residential, non-residential, and public buildings. Ahead of the publication, EAPN together with 44 organisations urged the EU to deliver on its commitments to tackle energy poverty in the Renovation Wave strategy. Amongst our joint calls to action, we highlighted the need for…
The EU institutions have taken a globally-significant step with the proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA). Insofar as Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly used in all areas of public life, it is vital that the AIA addresses the structural, societal, political and economic impacts of the use of AI, is future-proof, and prioritises…
Following the launch of the ambitious EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, child rights advocates express their deep disappointment and alarm at Member States’ recent failure to to commit to the rights of all children in and outside the EU.
This year’s EAPN conference offered a timely discussion of the further impacts of a continuing COVID-19 pandemic on poverty, but also looked at how the green and digital transitions of the EU will impact people at risk of social and economic exclusion in Europe. Here is our feedback from the conference and a brief report…
