The Anti-Poverty Strategy: Your Questions Answered
The European Commission’s first EU Anti-Poverty Strategy sets out a shared ambition to eradicate poverty in Europe by 2050 and prevent people from falling into poverty in the first place.…
Anti-Poverty Day 2026 – Press Release
[Brussels] – With 92.7 million people in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion, the European Parliament will host the second edition of European Anti-Poverty Day, co-organised by…
17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | #EndPoverty
17 October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty When Facing Poverty, Solidarity is Resistance Poverty remains a persistent structural and systemic reality across Europe, while social protection, civic…
Journalism Prize for Respectful Reporting on Poverty
Portrays of poverty and people experiencing poverty in media are too many times used as political weapons or emotional sellers, ignoring that this is a social issue due to structural…
Towards Quality, Sustainable and Affordable Housing in the EU?
Based on desk research undertaken by the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN Europe), this analysis assesses the housing package, and in particular the Affordable Housing Plan from the perspective of poverty…
Deregulating Social Europe
EAPN’s analysis of the 2025 Spring Package highlighted the growing prominence of competitiveness and defence objectives within the European Semester, often at the expense of social priorities and the just transition.…
EAPN launches new visual identity
Ask anyone across EAPN’s more than 30 national networks and the answer rarely starts with a logo. It starts with its people, the members who show up to shape shared…
EAPN’s Reaction to the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan
The European Commission has published on 22nd July its renew European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan. The document is more a rewrite of the past framework rather than a…
EAPN’s Reaction to SOTEU 2026
Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her 2026 State of the Union address, setting out her vision for the EU in a world marked by growing geopolitical,…
EAPN’s positionon the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028 –2034
Adequate funding is the cornerstone of any policy or legal action aimed at achieving transformative change. In this sense, poverty cannot be eradicated without adequate financial and budgetary tools as…