Strengthening members’ engagement in the European Semester 2020 and 2021 The capacity building webinar On 19 November 2020, EAPN organised a Capacity Building webinar with members to support exchange, learn and investigate ways to strengthen EAPN’s engagement in the European Semester 2021. The event was chaired by Martina Brandstätter, EAPN Austria, Co-Chair of the EU…
Poverty is one of the clearest impacts of this systemic inequality. We simply cannot achieve our aim of eradicating poverty without also eradicating the entrenched racial inequalities that are embedded within our economic, political and social systems and institutions. Poverty and racial inequality are inextricably linked, and there can be no social justice without racial…
The long-awaited proposal by the European Commission for an EU directive on adequate minimum wages is out! With this proposal, the Commission wants to ensure that the workers in the Union are protected by adequate minimum wages allowing for a decent living wherever they work. When set at adequate levels, minimum wages do not only…
The Europe 2020 strategy set an EU poverty target to reduce poverty by at least 20 million people by 2020. The poverty target was crucial, but failed to reduce poverty by more than 8 million. Now in 2020, 109 million people are at risk of poverty, even prior to the pandemic. Adopting a new EU…
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:
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 in-work poorYoung adultsThird country nationals Main…
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…
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…
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…
France remains one of the European countries with the lowest poverty levels. However, over the past ten years or so, the number of poor people in France has increased to reach more than 9 million in 2018, i.e. more than 14% of the total population. This aggravation is one of the most striking phenomena among…
