Press release: New Eurostat report confirms EAPN’s views: there are 14 million ‘working poor’ in the enlarged Union!
A new Eurostat report confirms EAPN’s point of view that holding a job is not always sufficient to escape poverty.
EAPN reaction on the Green Paper on economic migration
EAPN welcomes the initiative of the Commission to restart concrete attempts to develop an economic migration policy.
Press release – The European Constitution: strengths and weaknesses
At a time when Member States are in the process of ratifying the EU Constitutional Treaty, either through a Parliamentary adoption or by referendum, EAPN issues its analysis of the text, highlighting some of its major strengths and omissions in the eradication of poverty and social exclusion in the European Union, where 68 million people live ‘below the line’.
EAPN position paper – Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the EU Constitutional Treaty
In its analysis, EAPN judges the EU Constitutional Treaty in terms of whether it provides the legal and practical instruments, and shows the political intention, to eradicate poverty in the European Union and provide social rights and a voice to people experiencing poverty, social exclusion and discrimination.
March/April 2005: Gender and Poverty
Gender equality remains more hope than reality in many respects. Despite some big steps forward, stereotypes and prejudices are hard to shift!
EAPN report – Reinforcing the EU Inclusion Strategy: Report of the Social Inclusion Conference, Luxembourg
Reinforcing the EU Inclusion Strategy was the ambitious aim set out by EAPN in organising a conference on the occasion of the Luxembourg presidency of the EU.
Press release: Spring Council: Pressure from Social NGOs shows some results
EAPN welcomes the fact that the Lisbon Strategy remains focused on the three dimensions, economic, social and environmental, and that social cohesion remains part of the overall objective of this strategy… but expects concrete actions in the coming months.
EAPN response to the draft Joint Employment Report 2004-2005: Questions regarding the future of the European Employment Strategy
According to EAPN, the Draft Joint Employment Report 2004-2005 fails in some points to assess the effect of employment national policies on the interest of people experiencing poverty.
Press release: Spring European Council, 22-23 March 2005: Lisbon Strategy – Don’t set Social Cohesion aside!
EAPN urges EU Prime Ministers and Heads of State to confirm that Social Cohesion remains a priority objective of the Lisbon Strategy. To support this call, EAPN National Networks are organising activities and events on and around the 21st of March, proclaimed as a European Day of Action by EAPN.
Press release: 21 March: A Day of Action to defend the 68 million people who live in poverty in the EU
The European Commission has recommended that Social Cohesion be dropped as a priority objective for the EU. To convince the European Council of 22-23 March that this proposal is not the new start that the European Union needs, EAPN has proposed a “Day of Action – ‘Make or Break’ Social Europe" on 21 March.