Participation is key to making Social Rights a “compass” for the EU!
Brussels, 23 November 2017 On 22 November, the European Commission adopted the Annual Growth Survey 2018 and the Draft Joint Employment Report as part of the Autumn Package of the…
EAPN at the EU leaders Social Summit in Gothenburg
The European Pillar of Social Rights was solemnly proclaimed on Friday, 16 November, by Heads of States and Governments of the European Union meeting at the Social Summit for Fair…
7 December | Hosted event with S&D & Greens/EFA: Building a European Social Standards Union – what role for the European Semester?
Building a European Social Standards Union – what role for the European Semester? On 7 December 2017, EAPN and MEPs Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (S&D) and Jean Lambert (Greens/EFA) jointly hosted…
AGS 2018 | EAPN calls for progress on poverty and a European Social Standards Union!
President Jean-Claude Juncker is currently preparing the 2018 Annual Growth Survey, which will drive the European Semester in 2018. EAPN wrote a letter with recommandations, in which EAPN calls on the President…
End Poverty in Europe? Yes, we can! Ensuring we can all participate in society is the first Social Right
Brussels, 16 October 2017 On 17 October 2017, the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) calls on the EU to End Poverty! Tackling…
Social Rights or Social Plight? | EAPN Assessment of the 2017 National Reform Programmes
EAPN presents its assessment of the 2017 National Reform Programmes in terms of poverty: Social Rights or Social Plight? Members assessed how far Member States are pursuing policies which contribute…
Sustainable Development Goals year 2 | Time to take poverty seriously and ‘make Europe sustainable for all’
25 September 2017 marks the two-year anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Two years after signing up to the SDGs, the EU still has no clear…
Make Social Rights the beating heart of Europe! | EAPN position on the European Pillar of Social Rights
EAPN presents its comprehensive response to the European Commission’s European Pillar of Social Rights: Make Social Rights the beating heart of Europe! The Pillar is a framework of rights and…
Key messages from EAPN’s 2017 conference: Learning from the past to beyond 2020 – What EU strategy to fight poverty, social exclusion & inequality?
EAPN presents its members’ Key Messages from the 2017 policy conference: Learning from the past to beyond 2020: What EU strategy to fight poverty, social exclusion & inequality? On 15 June, the conference…
SDGs and Europe: What’s new?
Reforming the EU budget for a more sustainable future Following the publication of the White Paper on the Future of Europe outlining 5 possible future scenarios for the European Union, …