Britain’s EU reform talks stumble on social benefits
23/11/2015, Euractiv – Member states have firmly rejected British demands to limit EU citizens’ rights to social benefits when working in the UK, saying this would be discriminatory.
Eurochild | Child poverty: European Parliament adopts long overdue resolution
25/11/2015 – Eurochild welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament Resolution Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty by rapporteur Inês Cristina Zuber. The resolution, adopted today by large majority is the formal endorsement of the 2013 European Commission Recommendation Investing in Children: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage. This is the first EP resolution specifically on child poverty since 2008.
EU 2016 budget approved by the Council
24/11/2015 – the Council by unanimity approved the 2016 EU budget deal agreed by the Conciliation Committee on 14 November. If the agreement is also confirmed by the European Parliament on 25 November the EU budget for 2016 is adopted.
The Poverty Alliance | Welcome u-turn on tax credit cuts, but families still struggling
25/11/2015 – Anti- poverty campaigners have welcomed the UK Government’s decision not to implement the proposed changes to the threshold and taper for tax credits. However, there remains concern that there is still £12bn of cuts being made to the welfare budget and it is unclear how these will actually be made.
The Poverty Alliance | Welcome u-turn on tax credit cuts, but families still struggling
25/11/2015 – Anti- poverty campaigners have welcomed the UK Government’s decision not to implement the proposed changes to the threshold and taper for tax credits. However, there remains concern that there is still £12bn of cuts being made to the welfare budget and it is unclear how these will actually be made.
New campaign launches, calling on ECB’s quantitative easing to “serve the people”
25/11/2015, Brussels – A coalition of eurozone campaigners, civil society organisations and economists is today calling on the European Central Bank (ECB) to radically change its approach to the current Quantitative Easing (QE) programme. In other words, the money created currently going to the financial sector which caused the crisis, should be used to help everyday people and contributes to a sustainable recovery.
EAPN Ireland reacts to Response to Central Statistics Office poverty figures on poverty
26/11/2015 – The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland today called on all parties standing in the next election to commit to awell-funded programme to end povertyin their manifestos.
EAPN Ireland reacts to Response to Central Statistics Office poverty figures on poverty
26/11/2015 – The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland today called on all parties standing in the next election to commit to awell-funded programme to end povertyin their manifestos.
Get a flair of the #2015PEP Meeting – Voices from the ground
This 3mn video gives a good insight into the 2015 European Meeting of People experiencing Poverty. Delegations of people experiencing poverty from 30 European countries came to exchange their views and experiences for two days (19-20 November) with EU officials and other policy makers with the aim to input on policies that affect them with…
EAPN holds stakeholder dialogue round table with EU institutions on delivery on 20% of ESF on poverty and partnership
On 02/12/2015, EAPN held a stakeholder dialogue round table on the topic of how to make progress on the 20% ear-marking of ESF on social inclusion and poverty and on the code of conduct on partnership. In 2015, EAPN established a Task Force to develop a Barometer survey with its members to monitor the implementation of…