Ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) on 9-10 March 2009, EAPN has written to the Ministers regarding the impact of the crisis on people in poverty and anti poverty organisations. In their letter, EAPN puts forward short and long term proposals to ensure that the needs of people experiencing poverty are included in the response to the crisis.
For EAPN, it is time to deliver on the commitment made in the Economic Recovery Package endorsed by the December Council, that social justice and solidarity should be a horizontal pillar and people put first in the responses to the crisis.
