EAPN Clippings

• Picum, 81 civil society organisations call on MEPs to vote down harmful EU migration pact ,13 February 2024
• Picum, Urgent call to EU negotiators to strengthen rights of all victims of crime, regardless of residence status,19 February 2024
• Euronews, Single mothers at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion, 04 April 2024
• Human Rights Watch,Civil society organisations call MEPs to vote down harmful EU migration pact, 15 April 2024
• Migreurop,Article 3248, 19 April 2024
• RTVE,Las mañanas de RNE con Meritxell Planella, 6 June 2024
• Euobserver, Health and Society, 7 August 2024

• Euroactiv, Why adopting the social climate fund is the right choice for the EU, 18 April 2023. 
• Faktograf, Europski parlament izglasao novi paket za smanjenje emisije staklenickih plinova, 21 April 2023. 
• Fondation Abbé Pierre, Appel à la fin des coupures d’électricité en Europe, 11 May 2023. 
• ATD Ireland, Community activists Andrew and Christina present at EU webinar on socio-economic discrimination, 29 June 2023. 
• EAPN España, Carlos Susías, presidente de EAPN-ES, recibe el premio en la categoría de personas de relevancia en la justicia social de la AEDYGSS, 10 August 2023. 
• Euroactiv, Italy’s new anti-poverty scheme sparks concerns in Brussels, 4 September 2023. 
• Access Now, Joint statement: EU legislators must close dangerous loophole in AI Act, 7 September 2023. 
• Ficat, Joint statement: Regulate police technology, 20 September 2023. 
• EAPN España, Carlos Susías, vicepresidente de políticas sociales, agenda 2030, asuntos europeos PTS, 19 October 2023. 
• Plataforma Tercer Sector, Carlos Susías, vicepresidente de políticas sociales, agenda 2030, asuntos europeos PTS, 19 October 2023. 
• AJ+ Español, Cómo el capitalismo se convirtió en la “única alternativa”, November 2023. 
• Amnesty, Joint statement: Art5 Screening, November 2023. 
• Eurocarers, Meeting report: Informal Carers Interest Group, November 2023. 
• Picum, 81 civil society organisations call on MEPs to vote down harmful EU migration pact, 13 February 2024. 
• Access Now, Joint statement: Eurodac – Europe’s digital borders must fall, 4 December 2023. 
• Refugee Legal Support, Joint statement: End the expansion of the EU’s Eurodac database, 4 December 2023. 

Coverage by Euronews (4): 

• Euronews, European anti-poverty groups examine root causes of exclusion 29 January 2019
• Euronews, Le risque des travailleurs pauvres dans l’UE (The risk of poor working people in the EU) 29 January 2019
• Euronews,What does it mean to be poor in Europe today? Watch Euronews’ special coverage 21 August 2019
• Euronews, The Brief: How the incoming Commission plans to tackle poverty in Europe 20 November 2019

Coverage by Euvision (1):

• Euvision, A discussion with Sian Jones, Policy coordinator at European Anti-Poverty Network 20 March 2019

Coverage by Euroactiv (1):

• Euroactiv, Unsuitable mandates, wrong candidates: A difficult start for von der Leyen 1 October 2019

Coverage by national media (based on input from EAPN Europe (4)):

• Skaties, Pēdējos gados palielinājusies plaisa starp nabadzīgajiem un bagātajiem Latvijas iedzīvotājiem (In recent years, the gap between the poor and rich of the Latvian population has widened) 21 March 2019
• Latvia Public Media, Konferencē vērtē aktuālos jautājumus pretnabadzības politikas īstenošanai Latvijā (The conference evaluates topical issues for the implementation of anti-poverty policy in Latvia) 21 March 2019
• Eldiario, Sian Jones. Federación Internacional de Trabajadores Sociales 5 April 2019
• 1tv,lv Бедность – не порок, а проблема государства (Poverty is not a vice, but a problem of the state) 20 April 2019

Coverage by EU Institutions (3): 

• European Commission’s Podcast, Social Protection and Inclusion: Fighting poverty in Austria 2 December 2019
• European Commission’s YouTube channel, Social Protection and Inclusion: Fighting poverty in Austria 16 December 2019
• Europa, EMIN aims to guarantee an adequate minimum income for citizens across Europe
• Parliament Magazine, MEPs sign letter demanding minimum income to help Europe’s poorest survive Coronavirus 27 April 2020

• Onda Vasca, Sergio Aires, presidente de la European Anti Poverty Network, Red Europea de Lucha contra la Pobreza y la Exclusión Social, 04 July 2015.
• Deia, Europa alaba el sistema vasco de protección social, 04 July 2015.
• Noticias de Gipuzkoa, Europa felicita a Euskadi por sus políticas sociales, 04 July 2015.
• El Diario, Urkullu dice que la crisis social “aún está muy lejos” de pasar y defiende ampliar la política de garantía de ingresos, 03 July 2015.
• El Dia, Advierten de que el tratado TTIP con EEUU dará el gobierno a los bancos, 03 July 2015.
• ABC, Advierten de que el tratado TTIP con EEUU dará el gobierno a los bancos, 03 July 2015.
• La Vanguardia, Advierten de que el tratado TTIP con EEUU dará el gobierno a los bancos , 03 July 2015.
• La Vanguardia, Las ONG creen que en Europa falta voluntad política para acabar con pobreza , 03 July 2015.
• La Vanguardia, Urkullu dice que la crisis social “aún está muy lejos” de pasar y defiende ampliar la política de garantía de ingresos , 03 July 2015.
• El Faro Digital, EAPN pide a la Ciudad que haga encuestas para conocer el nivel actual de pobreza, 03 July 2015.
• Begirada, Asamblea General de EAPN Europa, 02 July 2015.
• Noticias de Hoy, La tasa de pobreza baja en Melilla en 2014 según el INE aunque EAPN pone los datos en …, 02 July 2015.
• Europa Press, Urkullu dice que la crisis social “aún está muy lejos” de pasar, 03 July 2015.
• Associazioni Riunite, Intervista a Barbara Helfferich durante i Social cohesion days dal 4 al 6 giugno, 14 June 2015.
• Radio Brigantia, EAPN está a delinear uma estratégia para o combate à pobreza, 23 april 2015.
• Ayoview UPWall, Poverty Inequality And Economic Growthb Simple Principles, 9 April 2015.
• Noticias Espanolas, Over 27% of Spanish population at risk of poverty or social exclusion , 10 February 2015.
• Delfi – The Lithuania Tribune Poverty reduction with Skirma Kondratas: the squeaky wheel gets the grease?, 28 january 2015.
• Redattore Sociale, Reddito minimo a più velocità in Ue. Studio dell’Eapn: “Misura fondamentale”, 15 January 2015.
• The Independent European Daily Express, The invisible reality of Spain’s homelessness, 19 January 2015. (1st published on Inter Press Service, 28 October 2014).

• EU Observer – The EU Semester Alliance, A Key Voice to Hear and Follow, December 2014.
• Easy branches – European News, Barbara helfferich, Director of EAPN, Poverty in Europe, 14 November 2014.
• Euronews, Barbara Helfferich Europe : sortir du cercle vicieux de la pauvreté, 14 November 2014.
• Inside Housing UK, Border disputes, The UK is leading the way on helping homeless migrants into destitution, 07 October  2014.
• The Parliament Magazine, EU must champion strong sustainable development goals, 23 September 2014.
• Press TV, Anti-poverty rally held in Brussels, 23 September 2014.
• Euractiv, New fund supporting the most deprived is important but insufficient, 27 February 2014.
• Euractiv, European Semester: First-ever EU ‘social indicators’ fail to impress, 03 June 2014.
• The Novinite Sofia News Agency, Labor Minister: Share of Working Poor in Bulgaria at 7-8%, 04 April 2014.
• One World See, Croatian CSOs Established Anti-Poverty Network, 01 April 2014.
  

Electing Champions for a Social Europe campaign

• Europost (Bulgaria), European Anti-Poverty Network calls for Social Pact, 07 March 2014
• Euractiv, Anti-poverty NGO: ‘The last European elections as we know it’, 05 March 2014
• Europolitics, « Elire les champions d’une Europe sociale », Tuesday 04 March 2014
• Euronews interviews Sergio Aires, President of EAPN, U-Talk asks the question: Will poverty be a European Election hot issue?, 14 March 2014.
• Euronews interviews Sergio Aires, President of EAPN, Faire campagne pour une Europe sociale, 14 March 2014 – in Italian here
• Euractiv, Civil society organisations welcome the new FEAD, 26 February 2014.

• Protestant News – Will MEPs give to the ESF its full potential to reduce poverty?, 20 Nov 2013
• La Libre Belgique – “La lutte contre la pauvreté en Europe n’est pas prise au sérieux“, 02 Oct 2013
• EESC – Water is a human right: the success story of a European Citizens’ Initiative, September 2013
• RTE Radio – Fintan Farrell, EAPN Director on RTE Radio in Ireland, May 2013
• Newspress – Un nouveau rapport publié par l’UNICEF dresse un état des lieux du bien-être des enfants dans les pays riches, April 2013 (in French)
• Unicef – Un nouveau rapport publié par l’UNICEF dresse un état des lieux du bien-être des enfants dans les pays riches, April 2013 (in French)
• Drivers for health equity – Taking action to fight child poverty and to promote child well-being, April 2013
• Blogactiv.eu – Child poverty in Europe: our future is now, April 2013
• The Journal – Can we end EU child poverty? Experts to discuss taking action, April 2013
• West – Today in Dublin: Take action to fight child poverty, April 2013
• La Marseillaise – Interview with Olivier Marguery on the right to food, by Remy Cougnenc, March 2013 (in French)
• Radio Centraal – Interview with Fintan Farrell on Belgian Radio, January 2013

• Green Euroopean Journal – Interview with Fintan Farrell, by Benoit Lechat, December 2012
• El País – Bruselas pide a los países que mantengan el paquete social de los presupuestos (in Spanish), by María Sahuquillo, December 2012
• Público – Romper la cohesión social hará crecer el odio y políticas populistas (in Spanish), by María González, December 2012
• Prensa Latina – Interview with Sergio Aires, President of EAPN (in Spanish), September 2012.
• Euronews – Poverty denies human rights: EAPN, by Patricia Cardoso, September 2012.
• ASH – Le Réseau européen de lutte contre la pauvreté s’inquiète d’une volte-face de 26 Etats membres (in French)
• Eurodionantes – Interview with Vincent Caron (in French), March 2012.
• Scoop – Trade unions and anti-poverty campaigners demand alternative economic policy for EU, Corine Barella, March 2012.
• Spanish trade-union federation Servicio a la ciudadania FSC CCOO – Sindicatos y organizaciones de lucha contra la pobreza demandan
• Sindicatos y organizaciones de lucha contra la pobreza demandanpolíticas económicas alternativas para la Unión Europea, March 2012.
• DG Regio Panorama Magazine – Interview with Fintan Farrell, February 2012
• Europolitics – Interview with Fintan Farrell, by Sophie Petitjean, February 2012
• Inforegio – “Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 investing in Europe’s Regions”: full analysis and feedback in the latest edition of Panorama magazine now online, January 2012
• The Economy Watch – Poor People in Rich Nations: The Causes For Rising Poverty In The Western World, by David Smith, January 2012

• The Hindu Business Line – Europe’s welfarism put to test, by Vidya Ram, December 2011
• Europolitics – EAPN addresses concerns to European Council, December 2011
• Europolitique – EAPN interpelle le Conseil européen, December 2011 (in French)
• EDC – Associations and european construction: to an international civil society?, by Eric Dacheux, November 2011
• Mipes – Inclusion active : en faire une réalité !, November 2011 (in French)
• Social Europe Journal – EAPN: European strategies inimical to goal of reducing poverty, by Andrew Watt, November 2011
• Alter Echos – Les fonds européens plus accessibles aux petites ONG pour lutter contre la pauvreté, November 2011 (in French)
• Europolitics – Fight against poverty: Annual Convention takes stock of members states’ efforts, by Sophie Petitjean, October 2011
• Euractiv – Poor governance sinks ‘Europe 2020’ strategy: Report, by Jeremy Fleming, October 2011
• Times of Malta – Maltese living in poverty, by Ruth Brincat, October 2011
• Fenêtre sur l’Europe – Toute révision des Traités européens doit apporter plus de social, September 2011 (in French)
• Europarltv – Fintan Farrell interviewed on volunteering (from 00:49 to 1:06), September 2011
• Donautrekkers , by Sandra Jansen, September 2011
• Europolitics – EAPN issues recommendations to support volunteering, by Sophie Petitjean, September 2011
• EAPN mentioned in Commission’s publication: Progress in Action: The EU Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity 2007-2013, pg 16, August 2011 (in all EU languages)
• Europolitics – Protests mount ahead of EU summit, by Sophie Petitjean, June 2011
• Europolitique – Les recommandations par pays irritent les organisations sociales, by Sophie Petitjean, June 2011 (in French)
• Alter Echos – Les recommandations européennes pour réduire la pauvreté ne sont pas crédibles, by Arnaud Gregoire, June 2011 (in French)
• Radio Student Ljubljana – Interview to Fintan Farrell, by Boris V., June 2011
• Euractiv – Unions ensure noisy start to EU summit, March 2011
• Euractiv – Britain refuses to join in with EU jobs strategy, March 2011
• Alter Echos – Lutte contre la pauvreté : l’Europe va-t-elle à contre sens?, by Arnaud Gregoire, February 2011 (in French)
• Europolitics – EAPN: “Social impact of crisis systematically ignored”, by Sophie Petitjean, February 2011
• Euractiv – EU ‘ignoring’ social impact of crisis, say NGOs, February 2011.
• CNLE – Article about EAPN’s book “Small steps – big changes”, February 2011 (in French)
• Indymedia – EAPN first response to the European Flagship Platform against Poverty, by EAPN, January 2011
• Eurochronicle – Article at EU Chronicle, January 2011
• Fenêtre sur l’Europe – La Stratégie Europe 2020 commence… et fait l’impasse sur la cohésion sociale, January 2011 (in French)
• La Stratégie Europe 2020, by Patrick Le Berrigaud, January 2011 (in French)

• Sourcews – Des parlementaires européens se joignent aux ONG pour demander aux Etats Membres de lutter contre les inégalités d’accès aux soins pour les enfants et femmes enceintes sans-papiers, December 2010 (in French)
• Euractiv – EU unveils raft of proposals to combat poverty, December 2010
• RFI – Interview to President Ludo Horemans about the closing of the 2010 Year, by Philippe Lecaplain,  December 2010
• BIEN Newsflash – EAPN in Basic Income Earth Network’s newsletter, November 2010
• Alternatives Economiques – Pour un revenu minimum adéquat, by Camille Dorival, November 2010 (in French)
• PES – 5000 Europeans surround the European Parliament to combat poverty and Social Exclusion, November 2010
• Europolitiques – European year 2010 gets mixed first reviews, by Sophie Petitjean, November 2010
• RTBF – Audio about the Human Ring, November 2010
• Le Vif – Chaîne humaine autour du Parlement européen contre la pauvreté, November 2010 (in French)
• European Parliament website – Human Ring against the European Parliament: stop poverty!, November 2010
• Euractiv – Poverty reduction is ‘key priority’ for future EU funding, November 2010
• Open Democracy – Globalising the city, by Nazek Ramadan, November 2010
• L’Humanité – Article in French: Un revenu minimum en Europe?, by Gaël De Santis, October 2010
• The EU Chronicle, EAPN welcomes the huge increase in Parliament support for an EU Framework Directive on Minimum Income, by Raulano Nagao, October 2010
• Secours Catolique – Le Parlement européen pour un revenu minimum adéquat, October 2010 (in French)
• Sourcews France – Press release: EAPN félicite le soutien grandissant du Parlement européen à une Directive européenne sur le revenu minimum, October 2010 (in French)
• Diretta news – Article about the Mininimum Income Conference, September 2010
• Vita – Article about the Mininimum Income Conference, by Joshua Massarenti, September 2010
• Europolitique – Conference Revenu minimum, by Sophie Petitjean, September 2010 (in French)
• ERR News – Hundreds of Letters from Estonia Reveal the Face of Poverty, September 2010
• Trio.be – Conférence sur les normes sociales et le revenu minimum, June 2010 (in French)
• Daily Mail – A third of housholds can’t afford essentials like food, by Ian Carey, June 2010
• Iris Examiner – 25% of Irish people at risk of poverty, by Ann Cahill, June 2010
• Le Monde.fr – L’UE se fixe pour la première fois un objectif de réduction de la pauvreté, June 2010 (in French)
• Europe’s World.org – Participation – the key mechanism for social inclusion by Fintan Farrell (EAPN) and Douhomir Minev (EAPN Bulgaria), June 2010
• Euractiv – Member states agree on revised poverty reduction plan, June 2010
• Foundation Focus – Article on in-work poverty, page 15 of European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions’ bi-annual magazine, June 2010
• Euractiv – EU set to lower poverty reduction ambitions, June 2010
• La Croix – La lutte contre la pauvrete divise l’Europe, by Sébastien Maillard, June 2010 (in French)
• EESC – Europe III EESC interview with Fintan Farrell in their paper, May 2010
• Fintan Farrell interview at Florence Biennale/EESC conference, May 2010
• Vita Europa – Education, A pact against exclusion at Florence Biennale/EESC conference, by Rose Hackman,  May 2010
• Europa.eu – 2010 Biennal Conference on education to combat social exclusion, May 2010
• Times of Malta – Society needs it safety net, by Fiona Galea Debono, May 2010
• L’Est Eclair – Politiques et associations unis pour lutter contre l’exclusion, May 2010 (in French)
• Secteurpublic.fr – Une nouvelle législation européenne pour lutter contre l’exclusion sociale, May 2010 (in French)
• CafeBabel.com – Minimum European income to fight poverty?, by Jimena, April 2010
• Exchange magazine (Canada and EAPN Finland research), by Jon Rohr, April 2010
• Europolitics (at the end), by Sophie Petitjean, April 2010. Click here for the journalists awards site.
• Eu Chronicle – Poverty make headlines, by Linda Sommerrschütt, March 2010
• European Voice – A roaming career on the marginsm, by Anna Jenkinson, March 2010
• Secteur pubilc – Les députés européens propose un revenu minimum pour combattre la pauvreté au niveau de l’UE, March 2010 (in French)
• European Parliament’s site – Un revenu minimum pour combattere la pauvreté, March 2010 (in French)
• EY2010 site – Quoi de neuf?, March 2010 (in French)
• Secours catholique – Les églises de France appellent à la solidarité envers les migrants, March 2010 (in French)
• Europolitique – Les députés déçus par l’objectif “peu ambitieux” d’UE 2020, par Sophie Petitjean, March 2010 (in French)
• La Cerca – Pedro Zerolo et le Forum du tiers secteur et d’économie sociale ont discuté du plan pour promouvir l’inclusion, March 2010 (in French)
• Euractiv – Dispute suir les objectifs du project de lutte contre la pauvretté de l’UE, March 2010
• Cairn Info – Paroles de pauvres de l’UE, February 2010 (in French)
• Secours catholique – Pauvreté, by François Soulage, February 2010 (in French)
• Toute l’Europe – Pour un pacte de stabilité, version socialee, February 2010 (in French)
• Toute l’Europe – Objectif zero pauvreté pour l’année européenne 2010, February 2010 (in French)
• Irish Time – Plan to end poverty will be retained, by Fiona Gartland, February 2010
• Independen – Hanafin call for resurrection of abandoned social partnership talks, by Louis Hogan, February 2010
• Vita Europa – Making the fight agains poverty a number one in EU priority, by Cristina Barbetta, February 2010
• Alainet – Pobreza tambien de valores, by Carlos Miguélez Monroy, January 2010 (in Spanish)
• Tribune Magazine – Europe launches battle against growing poverty, by Kate Holman, January 2010
• El Pais – La pobreza de hoy tiene un rostro joven, by Carmen Morán, January 2010 (in Spanish)
• Eu Chronicle – Human Troll, by Marta Devon, January 2010
• Econosoc – Et si on abolissait la pauvreté européenne ?, January 2010 (in French)
• Metro – Les ONG demandent un plan européen contre la pauvreté, January 2010 (in French)
• Alterechos – Et si on abolissait la pauvreté européenne ?, by Baudoin Massart, January 2010 (in French)
• Skynet news – Les ONG réclament une nouvelle stratégie européene contre la puvreté, January 2010 (in French)
• Le Vif Express – Les ONG réclament une nouvelle stratégie européene contre la puvreté, January 2010 (in French)
• La Dernière Heure – Les ONG réclament une nouvelle stratégie européene contre la pauvreté, January 2010 (in French)
• La Croix – L’Europe fait l’union contre la prauveté, January 2010 (in French)

• EurActiv, December 2009
• ENARgy article, November 2009
• Publico, October 2009 (in Spanish)
• Euronews, October 2009
• New Europe weekly, July 2009
• New Europe weekly, June 2009
• ETrend, June 2009 (in Slovak)
• Fundacion Luis Vives website, May 2009 (in Spanish)
• North West Network’s site announcement of Structural Funds manual, April 2009
• Docstoc website, March 2009
• Exchange EC review, January 2009