{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.
{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.
{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.
{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%…
{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.
{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).
{jathumbnail}On 16 December, the European Commission published its Communication on the Europe 2020 Flagship Programme: Platform against Poverty.
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 16 December 2010 – EAPN first reaction to the Commission Communication on the Platform against Poverty.
The week which was held in Bari was a great success, definitely beyond our expectations. The seminars and round tables were regularly followed by approximately 90 persons each time.
