EAPN Europe | Covid-19
EAPN in the Media EAPN was featured in several newspapers: The Parliament Magazine The Irish Times Debating Europe Politico Mediapart EU Institutions Find an overview of how EU institutions respond to the COVID-crisis:
Poverty Watch Malta | Poverty Watch 2021 & overview 2020
2021 Poverty Watch 2020 overview In 2019, 17.1% people were living on 9,212 euros a year; this compared to 16.8% (i.e. an increase of 4,073 people) the previous year. Women, especially single mothers, remain the most vulnerable group at risk of poverty in Malta. Poverty Watch Main Findings Most affected groups WomenSingle parentsThe unemployedThe…
Sign-on Statement Framework Directive Minimum Income | Joint Statement
Together with our partners Caritas Europe, ETUC, Eurodiaconia and the Social Platform, we add our voices to the Council’s invitation to the Commission to “initiate an update of the Union framework to effectively support and complement the policies of Member States on national minimum income protection”. We hereby present our joint sign-on statement to call…
JournalismPrize video | Armutskonferenz activity
In 2010, the JournalismPrize for respectful and profound poverty reporting was developed. The aim of the prize is to promote good journalism and poverty reporting which reflects the different aspects of poverty, treats people experiencing poverty respectfully and deals with the background and structural reasons of poverty. The jury is exclusively made up of people…
International support for non-governmental organisations at No. 6 Metelkova Street in Ljubljana | EAPN Slovenia petition
Non-governmental organizations in Slovenia are increasingly targeted by the government’s restrictive measures and hostile rhetoric. Especially NGOs engaged in independent cultural production and defending human rights, media freedom and the environment are being targeted. Legal and financial restrictions have been applied to them and the epidemic is used to justify such measures. The media, the…
Poverty Watch France | Poverty Watches Overview 2020, 2021 & 2022
2022 Faced with the current situation, EAPN France is taking a stand to fight against inflation which is hitting people in poverty even harder. Solutions can therefore be found at two levels, the first being structural and lasting: A decent minimum income guaranteed from the age of 18, equal to 50% of the median income, i.e. €918…
Poverty Watch Finland | Poverty Watches 2021 & 2022
2022 The latest statistics indicate positive developments in poverty in recent years: low income has fallen, as has the number of homeless people. The number of social assistance recipients has also begun to decline. With the abatement of the Covid pandemic, employment figures for 2021 and 2022 have improved and the number of long-term unemployed…
Poverty Watch Germany | Poverty Watches Overview 2020, 2021 & 2022
2022 The significantly elevated proportion of individuals at risk of poverty and social exclusion provides evidence that the social situation in Germany worsened during the Corona pandemic and reversed progress that had been recorded in this area as late as 2019. Since the war in Ukraine and its economic consequences will cause significantly worse economic…
Poverty Watch Cyprus | Poverty Watches Overview 2022
2022 According to data from the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, 17.3% EE2030 (21.7% EE2020) or 154,000 people lived below the poverty line in 2021, with the unemployment rate at 5.1% in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 6.8% in the corresponding quarter of 2020. This is mainly attributed to the sectors…
Poverty Watch Croatia | Poverty Watches Overview 2020, 2021 & 2022
2022 According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics (Croatian: Državni zavod za statistiku, DZS), the risk of poverty rate in Croatia, after two years of continuous decrease (when the rate was 18.3%), increased in 2021 and amounted to 19.2%, while there are 20.09% of the total population at risk of poverty or…