Human Rights first!
Brussels, 5th July 2017 EU must at all costs avoid a moral defeat and put in practice its best reasons for existing: solidarity, defence of human rights and peace. Thousands…
Energy poverty project – Together4energy – kicks off today!
Fighting fuel poverty addressing energy and social issues ASSIST project (engaging social and energy actors in the creation of an innovative European network of Vulnerable Consumers Energy Advisors) press release:…
EAPN welcomes the good intentions behind the European Pillar of Social Rights – but is it enough to save Social Europe?
Yesterday (the 26th April 2017), the European Commission launched the long-awaited package on the European Pillar of Social Rights. EAPN welcomes the adoption of the Communication and the Social Pillar…
Signs of change towards a Social Europe? | Annual Growth Survey 2017
Brussels, 18 November 2016. On 16 November, the European Commission adopted the Autumn Package presenting the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) 2017, with the Press Release title: ‘Working on a stronger and…
In defense of a Europe built on protecting fundamental rights for all | Final Declaration of the 2016 EAPN General Assembly
The European Anti-Poverty Network, (EAPN), the largest European network of anti-poverty organizations across 31 countries, held its General Assembly on October 29 in Bruges. The EAPN General Assembly met while…
“Better Europe” needs a transformative, social and economic agenda | Letter to President Juncker urgently calling for a clear new direction in the Annual Growth Survey for 2017
On October 11, The European Anti-Poverty Network wrote a letter to President Juncker, urgently calling for a clear new direction in the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) for 2017, due to be…
Last Chance for Social Europe? EAPN Statement on European Pillar of Social Rights
On 8 March 2016, the European Commission launched a public consultation on their proposals for a European Pillar of Social Rights. Today (27 September), after consultation with its members, EAPN…
How the European Commission can make a European Pillar of Social Rights fit for children
The EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights, and its aspiration to achieve a “social triple-A rating” by re-balancing…
Civil society groups call on European governments to reject CETA
A broad group of civil society and consumer organisations as well as trade unions call on the EU’s trade ministers to reject the signature of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade…
No Sanctions, No Fines | Sanctions on Spain and Portugal will delay economic recovery, generate poverty and create more disaffection with the EU
Sanctions on Spain and Portugal will delay economic recovery, generate poverty and create more disaffection with the EU Brussels, 25 July 2016 – On 12 July 2016, the Council found that…