‘Row For Rights’ reaches Budapest
{jathumbnail}29th August – 120 rowers arrived last Saturday 27th in Budapest, 400 km downstream from Vienna, where they had started 7 days before.
“Europe needs a New Heart”, says EAPN to European leaders
{jathumbnail}“Europe needs a new heart” was the strong message conveyed to European leaders from the Brussels, 20 June 2011 – XXII General Assembly of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) held recently in Lisbon.
Press release: No credible Recommendations to Reduce Poverty
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 9 June 2011 – European Commission country-specific Recommendations focus on reducing deficits, which will lead to cutting public services and wages, and increasing retirement ages.
Press release: Were EU leaders serious when committing to poverty-reduction target?
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 23 March 2011 – In advance of the Spring Council 24-25 March, EAPN wrote to the Prime Ministers and Heads of State and Governments, to express its alarm at the current discussions and decisions taking place on Economic Governance (Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact and the Pact for the Euro), happening without adequate public and democratic scrutiny and without a proper assessment of their social impact.
Social rights cannot be just scrapped!
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 04 March 2011 – Current economic governance proposals will only result in increased poverty and inequality and put at risk the commitment of people to the EU project.
First steps in Europe 2020 Strategy ignore inclusive growth
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 14 January 2011 – This week, the European Commission launched the ‘European Semester’(1) by publishing the Annual Growth Survey, Draft Employment Report and Progress Report on the Europe 2020 Strategy.
Good intentions need urgent actions to be convincing
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 16 December 2010 – EAPN first reaction to the Commission Communication on the Platform against Poverty.
Human Rights Day: MEPs join NGOs in urging Member States to tackle health inequalities in access to health care for undocumented children and women
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 9th of December 2010 – JOINT PRESS RELEASE by Médecins du Monde, the HUMA network, the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN).
Press Release: Thousands-strong solidarity ring encircles European Parliament
Brussels, 19 November 2010 – With poverty and inequality levels rising throughout Europe, the 2010 Coalition of Social NGOs has called for a solidarity gathering today to urge the European institutions and Member States’ governments to give a more sustainable and equitable response to the crisis, instead of making the most vulnerable carry the cost.
Press release: EAPN welcomes the huge increase in Parliament support for an EU Framework Directive on Minimum Income
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 25 October 2010 – Within a month of launching its proposal for an EU framework Directive on Adequate Minimum Income, EAPN is delighted that the proposal has received support from 262 Members, from 7 different political groupings, in the European Parliament, on 20 October.