EU poverty watch 2023
The 2023 European Poverty Watch report aims to put poverty, as a multidimensional concept, at the top of the European agenda, highlighting the root causes of poverty and amplifying the…
European Semester 2023: EAPN urges Commission to prioritise social rights over profits
As the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented fiscal challenges, the European Union (EU) has implemented temporary measures, such as the Next Generation EU recovery fund, to support Member States’…
An Exploratory Study on the Use of Digital Tools by People Experiencing Poverty
This report examines the current landscape surrounding the digitalisation of essential services and its impact on people experiencing poverty. It will also explores the consequences of the use of AI…
Policy and Advocacy Mapping Report
This report documents qualitative research that was carried out with national anti-poverty networks who are members of the European Anti-Poverty Network. It examines the overall capacity of networks to engage…
People’s Summit: No Social Europe without Social Rights Putting People at the Heart of Policies
The European Anti-Poverty Network Portugal (EAPN Portugal) and the European Anti-Poverty Network Europe (EAPN Europe) hosted the People’s Summit in Porto on 17 March 2023, bringing together people experiencing poverty,…
2023PEP | The Unbearable Cost of Living
The European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty (PeP), launched in 2002, provides a space for people with experience of poverty to join forces across Europe, learn from each other, discuss…
European Semester 2023: EAPN urges Commission to prioritise social rights over profits
This analysis of the 2023 Spring Package raised concerns about the resurgence of austerity measures, skyrocketing energy poverty rates, and the rising burden of inflation, all of which disproportionately affect…
Do not lose momentum on the Social Taxonomy | Open Letter
EAPN joined a coalition of 13 organisations in a letter to Commissioner McGuinness and Commissioner Schmit calling to extend the current EU Taxonomy framework to include a social and human…
EAPN reacts to the European Semester Autumn Package
The European Semester continues to frame the recovery in terms of economic stability, productivity, competitiveness and free movement of goods and services in the single market, underpinned by weak social…
Minimum Income Council Recommendation: Not Enough To Fight Poverty
Minimum Income Schemes (MIS) are an essential, integral part of universal social protection schemes and a comprehensive, rights-based, person-centred active inclusion approach that ensures adequate income. They are crucial in…