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Video: “It’s Time To Get Radical On Inequality” by Joseph Stiglitz

Other NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff December 14, 2015

11/12/2015 – Nobel laureate Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, studies the forces driving inequality and what is at stake if it continues. In his view, bad economic thinking deserves part of the blame — fanciful ideas like trickle-down and the notion that economists should try to increase the size of the economic pie and let the politicians worry about distribution. On the contrary, Stiglitz sees distribution as a problem economists must confront. He warns that an economic system that doesn’t raise standards of living for most Americans is a failure.

#2015EAPN Annual Policy Conference report is out

EAPN position papers and reportsBy Nellie Epinat December 10, 2015

EAPN’s Annual Policy Conference (09/10/2015), held in partnership with and hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), built on EAPN’s Assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes, giving evidence that poverty and participation must be put at the heart of the European Semester. The conference was opened by President Martin Schulz (video included…

#2015EAPN Annual Policy Conference REPORT is out!

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff December 10, 2015

European Parliament backs Investing in Children!

EAPN NewsBy Nellie Epinat December 9, 2015

07/12/2015 – The campaign to get the declaration on investing in children in the EP has been successful, with EAPN support. In a historic move this week, the majority of Members of the European Parliament signed a declaration promoting investing in children. The Written Declaration, designed to raise political awareness towards the European Commission and…

European Parliament backs Investing in Children!

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff December 9, 2015

07/12/2015 – The campaign to get the declaration on investing in children in the EP has been successful, with EAPN support. In a historical move this week, the majority of Members of the European Parliament signed a declaration promoting investing in children. The Written Declaration, designed to raise political awareness towards the European Commission and the Member States, calls for social and macroeconomic policies to protect children and their families as a political priority, especially those living in poverty.

EAPN recommendations on tackling long-term unemployment

EAPN position papers and reportsBy Rebecca December 3, 2015

3/12/2015 – EAPN welcomes the proposal by the European Commission for a Recommendation on long-term unemployment as useful and timely. While a number of positive elements are put forward, we feel that some of these could have been further explored and complemented, and some important dimensions of the challenge have been overlooked.

EAPN calls on Employment and Social Affairs Ministers to make progress on Social Triple A

EAPN NewsBy Nellie Epinat December 2, 2015

02/12/2015 – EAPN has sent a letter to Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs (EPSCO Council) in view of their next meeting (07-08 Dec), where they will discuss proposals on improving EU Social Governance, a first response to the Annual Growth Survey, as well as the Recommendation on long-term unemployment. EAPN call on Social Ministers…

EU Semester Alliance holds dialogue meeting with Commission and Council

EAPN NewsBy Nellie Epinat November 30, 2015

EU Semester Alliance holds dialogue meeting with Commission and Council

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 30, 2015

27/11/2015 – The EU Semester Alliance held its first stakeholder dialogue meeting with key representatives from the European Commission and the Council of Ministers engaged in the Semester process. This first roundtable exchange discussed the latest developments and changes in the 2016 European Semester, in the light of the 5 Presidents Report, including a first reaction to the new Annual Growth Survey based on the Alliance’s joint letter to President Juncker, set within the broader context of how to progress on a more democratic, social and sustainable Europe.

EAPN’s initial response to Annual Growth Survey | More social investment but where are social rights and standards?

EAPN Press releasesBy Nellie Epinat November 27, 2015

Brussels, 30 November 2015 – As the European Commission finally adopted the Annual Growth Survey package (AGS 2016) last Thursday, Commissioner Thyssen promised to put “social fairness at the heart of our economic recovery. Member States need to overcome bottlenecks to job creation, improve the way labour markets work and make sure everybody in Europe…

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