23 July 2025 EAPN initial reaction to the proposal for a Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 On 16 July 2025, the European Commission unveiled its proposal for the Multiannual Financial…
Brussels, 22 June 2025. The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) expresses its deep alarm with the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where, for more than twenty months, the civilian…
According to the last Eurostat statistics, in 2024, at least 93.3 million people in the EU were living at risk of poverty or social exclusion. We are talking about 21% of…
[Brussels, 4 April, 2025] – On 8 April, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) will launch its latest Poverty Watch Report, entitled “Towards a systemic approach to social protection”, at an event co-organised with the European…
EAPN’s People’s Summit: Advocating for Ambition in the First-Ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy Building the Future of Social Rights. Towards an EU Anti-Poverty Strategy. Brussels, [26 November] – On 28 November…
NEW REPORT REVEALS NEW INCREASED SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND POVERTY DUE TO DIGITALISATION 5 September, Brussels A new report by the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), to be launched by 9 September,…
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 can enjoy a decent level of social protection if we want to achieve more convergence.” However, the evidence of this new approach is not so clear, nor does the package contain any mention of the promised Social Pillar on rights and social standards.
30 national delegations of people experiencing poverty exchange with EU policy makers on need for more social coherence in the EU
Brussels, 19-20 November 2015 – Delegations of people experiencing poverty from 30 European countries have come to exchange for two days (19-20 November) with EU officials and other policy makers with the aim to input on policies that affect them with the hope of building greater social convergence in the European Union.
EAPN’s Annual Policy Conference, opened by President Martin Schulz and closed by Commissioner Marianne Thyssen, built on Assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes giving evidence that poverty and participation must be put at the heart of the European Semester
Brussels, 12 October 2015 – Last Friday 09 October, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) held its Annual Conference in partnership with the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), building and debating on EAPN’s Assessment of the 2015 National Reform Programmes (NRPs) and European Semester. The report gives exhaustive evidence that reducing poverty and promoting effective participation must be put at the heart of the European Semester, if the EU is to respect its Europe 2020 commitments regarding poverty and participation and restore the social dimension of the EU.
EAPN’s 2015 Strategic Congress and General Assembly took firm stand against EU policies on social crisis, migration and Greece
Brussels, 7 July 2015 – More than 150 delegates of the European Anti-Poverty Network, representing 31 National Networks and 18 European Organizations, took the opportunity of EAPN’s Strategic Congress and General Assembly to address a final declaration to the EU Heads of States and Governments.