EAPN first response to the European Flagship Platform against Poverty
{jathumbnail}On 16 December 2010, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals for a European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion.
EAPN first response to the European Flagship Platform against Poverty
On 16 December 2010, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals for a European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion.
2010 European Year combating poverty and social exclusion closing conference
{jathumbnail}The 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion was officially closed with a ceremony that took place in the Charlemagne building of the European Commission on 17 December in Brussels.
2010 European Year combating poverty and social exclusion closing conference
{jathumbnail}The 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion was officially closed with a ceremony that took place in the Charlemagne building of the European Commission on 17 December in Brussels.
First steps in Europe 2020 Strategy ignore inclusive growth
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 14 January 2011 – This week, the European Commission launched the ‘European Semester’(1) by publishing the Annual Growth Survey, Draft Employment Report and Progress Report on the Europe 2020 Strategy.
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.
MEPs join NGOs in urging Member States to tackle health inequalities in access to health care for undocumented children and women
{jathumbnail}JOINT PRESS RELEASE by Médecins du Monde, the HUMA network, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN).
EAPN first reaction to the Commission Communication on the Platform against Poverty
{jathumbnail}On 16 December, the European Commission published its Communication on the Europe 2020 Flagship Programme: Platform against Poverty.