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2001 2001 1st People experiencing poverty EU meeting: When the Lisbon Strategy was approved, EAPN made all the efforts possible to include in the Open Method of Coordination an annual European meeting of people experiencing poverty formally as part of the process. However it was not possible to reach the necessary political… Read more 2002…
Slovenian Anti-Poverty Network
EAPN Slovenia recently joined our network (EAPN General Assembly, September 2019, Helsinki) “Slovenia is currently tackling many issues in regard to poverty and social exclusion, thus we want to establish stronger network and build strong alliances! We hope to achieve relevant changes in the society due to the fact that we gathered enthusiastic NGOs and…
A Fond Farewell to Mr. Charles Miceli | EAPN Malta
One of our active members, Mr Charles Miceli, passed away suddenly in March this year. His loss was a shock to all of us and a greater loss to people experiencing poverty in Malta since for several years, he was their voice. We asked his wife, Mrs. Pauline Miceli, to write a tribute.
European Commission publishes Winter Package with Country Reports
The European Commission Country Reports are published in a ‘Winter Package’. These reports are the key documents which form the basis of the Commission’s proposals for Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) in May. What does this package include? 27 Country Reports (for all Member States except Greece, which is subject to a stability support programme), including…
Seminar hosted in the European Parliament: Can the Semester help build a better Social Europe?
The event Can the Semester help build a better Social Europe? is jointly hosted by the European Anti-Poverty Network with Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (MEP, S&D). The seminar aims to review how well the European Semester and Europe 2020 is working in terms of its delivery on social rights, poverty and participation and to debate what changes…
Budget 2017 must make good on Government promises to deliver a fair society
The Community Platform, an alliance of 29 national organisations, (including EAPN Ireland) is calling for a Budget 2017 to reflect the promise in the Programme for Government to deliver a fair society so that communities thrive through concrete measures and longer-term strategies to address inequality and poverty. The Platform has outlined Four tests for the…
MEPs split over achievements of the EU’s multi-billion euro investment plan
08/06/2016 – One year on from its launch, MEPs voiced sharply divided verdicts on the progress of the €315 billion investment plan for Europe, or “Juncker plan”, in Wednesday’s debate with EU Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen. While the EPP and S&D broadly welcomed the work of the “European Fund for Strategic Investment” (EFSI) and the…
ERRC | More than 11.000 Roma migrants forcefully evicted in France in 2015
12/01/2016 – During 2015, 216 people were evicted by force weekly in France. In total 11.128 people have been subjected to forced evictions in France in 111 living areas. More than the half of those living in slums have been forcibly evicted by the authorities during 2015 and in five of the cases people left…