Objectives were
- Ensuring that the election debates are addressing the impact of current EU policies and actions on access to social rights
- Ensuring that social issues, including the fight against poverty, inequality and discrimination are part of the debates at European and national levels in the context of the European Parliament Elections 2014
- Influencing the content of the election manifestos of the political parties and the commitments they will make as part of their election campaigns
- Strengthening alliances with other stakeholders
- Generating momentum for an EAPN campaign on the European Elections
Key speakers included
- Representatives of the 5 major European political parties
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Csaba Öry, European People’s Party
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Emer Costello, Party of European Socialists
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Philippe Lamberts, European Green Party
- Gabriele Zimmer, Party of the European Left
- Alliance for Liberals & Democrats for Europe – not present
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- Sabine Terlecki, Head of policy, CONCORD European NGO Confederation for relief and development
- Ophélie Durand, European Parliament Liaison Officer, AGE Platform Europe
- Mary Collins, Policy Officer, European Women’s Lobby
- Claire Roumet, Vice-president, Social Platform
Contact
Barbara Helfferich, Director barbara.helfferich@eapn.eu Tel: + 32 2 226 58 50
Key documents
- Programme of the event
- Presentation of messages from the 12th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty: Honoratte Muhanzi Kashale, EAPN Norway
A short report of the event will be available soon. In the meantime, lots of valuable information was posted on Twitter! check @EAPNEurope
Press release: Elect chamions for a social Europe and help fight poverty for a democratic EU