No credible Recommendations to Reduce Poverty
{jathumbnail}07/06 – European Commission country-specific Recommendations focus on reducing deficits, which will lead to cutting public services and wages, and increasing retirement ages.
GUE/NLP Conference: 31 May: Resistance and Alternatives: Austerity and the dismantling of social Europe
{jathumbnail}EAPN contributed to this participative conference organized by GUE/NLP together with some of the main European social movements (ATTAC, Euromemorandum, Transform, CADTM, European Social Forum and Joint Social conference, amongst others) which highlighted the social impact of the crisis and Austerity measures in the context of the EU’s economic governance package, including the Euro Plus Pact.
PES conference: A Fair Growth model
{jathumbnail}31/05 – EAPN participated in this key conference organized by the PES and the PES Group in the CoR calling for a new, fairer growth model. The crucial role of regions and cities in the definition of fair growth and the implementation of innovative measures to achieve it was underlined.
EAPN’s explainer on Wealth, Inequalities and Social Polarisation in the EU is out!
{jathumbnail}This publication aims to explain what wealth is and how social polarization is currently growing in the EU and worldwide, providing a whole range of statistics on these issues.
A European Agenda for Skills and Jobs: Looking beyond skills to build inclusive labour markets!
{jathumbnail}11/05 – EAPN responds to the Flagship Initiative A European Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, put forward by the European Commission last November.
EAPN’s General Assembly
The XXII General Assembly of EAPN will take place in Lisbon from 16 to 18 June. The theme for this General Assembly is that in the light of the current economic, political and social crisis ‘Europe needs a new Heart’.
ETUC adopts Athens Declaration
The 12th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) took place in Athens from the 16th to the 19th of May. Fintan Farrell, Director of EAPN was present at the Congress.
EAPN Executive Committee meets in Szécsény, Hungary
On the occasion of the recent EAPN Executive Meeting in Hungary a Conference was held on the First Four Years of the Szécsény Children’s programme.
EAPN input on the role of the Social OMC in the context of Europe 2020
{jathumbnail}EAPN has lobbied actively to defend and reinforce the Social Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as an independent, integrated, rights-based strategy aiming to prevent as well as alleviate poverty and ensure access to pensions, health and long-term care and presents today its position on the role of the social OMC.
EAPN speaks at EPHA Annual Conference: Delivering a healthy and sustainable future for all? – European Charter for Health Equity
14/04 – Following its annual conference, EPHA launched a press release “Life expectancy of the poorest is eight years shorter than for the most wealth” highlighting the impact of poverty on health inequality as one of the key social determinants –and calling for action from all actors, particularly in the context of Europe 2020.