26/06/2012 – The overall aim of this study is to calculate the cost of a basket of essential items (goods and services) namely food, clothing, housing, education, transport, household maintenance, services and personal care.
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 26 June 2012 – In advance of the European Council (28-29 June), EAPN has written to Prime Ministers and Heads of State urging them to demonstrate that they have a social vision for Europe that is backed up by a social investment pact.
DetailsAhead of the European Council and right after the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, please find attached an Open Letter to Heads of States that nine leading Members of the European Parliament and 65 leading trade unions, civil society organisations, health organisations and industry associations have signed up to, calling on Heads of States and governments to stop cutting essential health and welfare systems.
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{jathumbnail}Brussels, 21 June 2012 – Today, 18 social NGOs have sent a joint letter to Prime Ministers ahead of their General Affairs Council meeting on 26th June, urging them to back the European Commission’s proposal on the Cohesion policy budget and on the European Social Fund (ESF) for social inclusion and fighting poverty.
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This new report by ETUI and OSE analyses EU developments in 2011, including economic governance and reinforcement of austerity and the impact on social objectives.
DetailsSian Jones, EAPN Policy Coordinator, spoke in the roundtable of the Caritas Europa Seminar.
Details{jathumbnail}EAPN, together with the Office of Frédéric Daerden MEP (Belgium, SD) have the pleasure to invite you to a hearing dedicated to Making Active Inclusion Happen in Times of Crisis, next July 12th, from 14:00 – 17:00, in the European Parliament (room A5 G305).
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19/06/2012 – The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland is calling for an honest debate on how we can ensure that everyone has access to a decent income whether from social welfare or work and on how to remove poverty traps for those trying to move from welfare to work.
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