No credible Recommendations to Reduce Poverty
{jathumbnail}07/06 – European Commission country-specific Recommendations focus on reducing deficits, which will lead to cutting public services and wages, and increasing retirement ages.
Details“Europe needs a New Heart”, says EAPN to European leaders
{jathumbnail}“Europe needs a new heart” was the strong message conveyed to European leaders from the Brussels, 20 June 2011 – XXII General Assembly of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) held recently in Lisbon.
DetailsPress release: No credible Recommendations to Reduce Poverty
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 9 June 2011 – European Commission country-specific Recommendations focus on reducing deficits, which will lead to cutting public services and wages, and increasing retirement ages.
DetailsEAPN Poland’s General Assembly
12/05 – EAPN Poland held its General Assembly in Warsaw. On the same day, the Polish delegation of people experiencing poverty was going to Brussels for the 10th European Meeting of People experiencing poverty, where they presented their messages.
DetailsSolidarités Nouvelles face au chômage (Member of EAPN France) new publication: Défendre l’emploi de ceux et celles qui n’en ont pas
{jathumbnail}This publication, entitled “Defend the jobs of those who have none“ (but in French only), was issued by Solidarités Nouvelles face au chômage (SNC) and tells 25 years of participation in the public debate on the topic of employment.
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- When funding for the fight against poverty goes to banks
- French society’s cancer is unemployment
The Poverty Alliance (member of EAPN UK): Taking Scotland Forward Means Leaving No One behind
As the First Minister today sets out the programme for Government the Poverty Alliance are calling on politicians of all parties to work together to make tackling poverty a priority. Access full press release here.
EAPN Ireland Working Group calls for Immediate Release of the Review of Wage Setting Mechanisms
23/05 – The EAPN Ireland Europe 2020 Working Group cautiously welcomes media reports on the findings of the review of the Joint Labour Court process for setting the minimum wage in certain low paid sectors and calls on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to immediately release the review.
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- May 2011, #spanishrevolution
- The X solidaria campaign
- Media guide for journalists: how to report on homelessness
GUE/NLP Conference: 31 May: Resistance and Alternatives: Austerity and the dismantling of social Europe
{jathumbnail}EAPN contributed to this participative conference organized by GUE/NLP together with some of the main European social movements (ATTAC, Euromemorandum, Transform, CADTM, European Social Forum and Joint Social conference, amongst others) which highlighted the social impact of the crisis and Austerity measures in the context of the EU’s economic governance package, including the Euro Plus Pact.
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