The small drop in poverty figures is welcome, but there is no sign that we will make a serious dent in the numbers or reach agreed targets. The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland, a network of over two hundred national and local organisations working against poverty, reacted to the latest poverty statistics (for 2015) from…
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EU and national authorities should provide emergency aid to help migrants and refugees to cope with freezing temperatures and snow in several parts of Europe, MEPs urged on Wednesday January 18. They also called on EU governments to keep their promises to transfer thousands of asylum-seekers, particularly from Greece, to other countries. You can access…
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The new quarterly newsletter of One Fund for All is out! It focuses on problems concerning agency work and zero hours contracts. Read the full quarterly newsletter here!
 The Commission’s high-profile conference on the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) took place on Monday involving over 600 participants, and a range of high-level speakers including President Juncker, Commissioner Thyssen, and the new President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani who gave his first speech there. The conference appeared to be aimed at feeding…
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EAPN was invited to speak in the S&D Conference Winning the Fight against Child Poverty – for a European Child Guarantee, 11th January, to support the delivery of the S&D proposal for a European Child Guarantee, together with other key stakeholders including Eurochild. The S&D proposal builds on the idea of the Youth Guarantee and seeks to tackle child…
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EAPN publishes its new booklet “Nobody left behind | Ensuring access for all to affordable, quality housing & public health services”. EAPN members are increasingly alarmed about the declining access to affordable, quality public services (Services of General Interest) for ordinary people, in the context of increasing privatization and liberalization. With the onset of the…
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On Thursday 12 January, EAPN (European Anti-Poverty Network) and Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (MEP, S&D) jointly hosted a seminar in the European Parliament: Can the Semester help build a better Social Europe? The seminar aimed to review how well the European Semester is working in terms of its delivery on social rights, poverty and participation and…
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15/12/2016 – EAPN presents its Analysis of the 2017 Annual Growth Survey and Joint Employment Report. This follows EAPN’s letter to President Juncker presenting EAPN’s proposals for the AGS 2017, which were based on our members’ review of the Semester and the NRPs 2016. Although the main message from the AGS 2017 is the importance of strengthening competitiveness, innovation…
DetailsEAPN is very pleased to welcome the new Director, Leo Williams. Leo will start working for EAPN as the Director on 9 January. Fintan Farrell, Acting Director will continue to work for EAPN as Project Manager. EAPN wishes to thank Fintan Farrell for all the dedication, commitment and great work done! Leo Williams,…
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In the past year EAPN has participated in the creation and development of the FEAD Network through engaging its members and partners in the online platform hosting the network and facilitating group works in the three network meetings organized in Brussels between September and the end of November. In the second Network meeting, dedicated to…
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