EAPN Ireland General Election Demands
EAPN Ireland wants the new government to reinvigorate Ireland’s contribution to social Europe and fight to keep Europe on track in combating poverty and social exclusion.
EAPN France : a social Europe
Several members of EAPN France have designed a blog and produced a range of material (videos, leaflets, cards, …) on the Open Method of Coordination, in order to raise awareness on this key European instrument that concerns every European’s daily life. See http://dialoguelamoc.wordpress.com/accueil/.
FNARS (EAPN France member) : A sad anniversary for the Geneva Convention
The legislation project on “immigration, integration and nationality” will be back on the discussion table at the French Senate on 2 February, while debates have been increasingly dominated by the topic of ‘security’.
Derbyshire Unemployed Workers’ Centres (member of EAPN UK): Chesterfield witnesses protest by disabled benefits claimants
Claimants with disabilities staged a demonstration outside Chesterfield Jobcentre on Monday January 24th as part of a National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts.
EAPN Spain : “Here i live, here i vote” Campaign for a full citizenship
{jathumbnail}Campaña Aquí Vivo, Aquí Voto. Por una ciudadanía plena – The platform “All Equal. All citizens” is driven by social groups and organizations that claim advances in the recognition of full citizenship for nationals from countries outside the EU.
The Poverty Alliance (EAPN Scotland): Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty 17 & 18 February 2011
Registrations are now open for the second Scottish Assembly for Tackling Poverty, which will take place in Glasgow on the 17th and 18th of February 2011. This a free, two-day event aimed at bringing together all those concerned about poverty in Scotland. To register click here.
EAPN Ireland: blog on income inequality and seminar video on accessing EU funding
Read the latest information about EAPN Ireland here…
EAPN Spain: 20.8% of the population under poverty threshold
{jathumbnail}With 20.8% of its population living under the poverty threshold, Spain has one of the highest poverty rate in the Union while, at the same time, equals Nordic countries in material deprivation levels, i.e. below 10%…
EAPN Ireland releases final report of the 2010 European Year regional seminars and interviews with people experiencing poverty
- Final Report of the 2010 European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion Regional Seminars
- Series of Interviews with People Experiencing Poverty in Ireland
FNARS (member of EAPN France): 120 asylum seekers evicted on the street
{jathumbnail}On 9 December in Nice, 120 asylum seekers, including 35 children, were expelled manu militari from the place they had found as a shelter for the winter, as public authorities couldn’t provide them with any other place to stay.