Press Release: A cautious step forward – but will it reduce poverty?
{jathumbnail}Brussels, 26 March 2010 – EU leaders back principle of EU Poverty Target, but fail to agree figure or indicator.
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MAG 1/2010 – Will 2010 mark a turning point for Social Europe?
{jathumbnail}What does the 2010 European Year combating poverty and social exclusion mean concretely? Who is involved? Will it mark a turning point in European social policies and for the 16,6% of Europeans facing poverty?
MAG 1/2010 – Will 2010 mark a turning point for Social Europe?
{jathumbnail}What does the 2010 European Year combating poverty and social exclusion mean concretely? Who is involved? Will it mark a turning point in European social policies and for the 16,6% of Europeans facing poverty?
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EAPN and CECODHAS call on EU institutions to tackle energy poverty through a coordinated and integrated approach at national and EU level
{jathumbnail} {jathumbnail} On 24 March 2010, EAPN and CECODHAS-Housing Europe held a joint Conference on “Getting to grips with energy poverty From EU to Cities to Homes” in the framework of the EU sustainable energy week and the 2010 European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion.
DetailsEAPN and CECODHAS call on EU institutions to tackle energy poverty through a coordinated and integrated approach at national and EU level
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On 24 March 2010, EAPN and CECODHAS-Housing Europe held a joint Conference on “Getting to grips with energy poverty From EU to Cities to Homes” in the framework of the EU sustainable energy week and the 2010 European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion.
DetailsPress Release: The credibility of the EU is at stake – Don´t kill the Poverty Target!
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EAPN Lithuania – Poverty explainer
Poverty and Inequality in the EU is the first of EAPN’s “explainers”. You can download here the first version, from 2007, translated by EAPN Lithuania.
DetailsPoverty and Inequality in the EU – EXPLAINER
{jathumbnail}This explainer aims to make poverty more visible, understood, and acted on, as part of EAPN’s build-up campaign to 2010: the EU year against poverty.
DetailsEAPN Slovakia
Poverty and Inequality in the EU is the first of EAPN’s “explainers”. Download here the first version, from 2007, translated by EAPN Slovakia.
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EAPN’s working paper on Energy Poverty
With the liberalization of energy markets and the rise of energy costs, Energy Poverty (or Fuel Poverty) is increasingly a growing concern for people experiencing poverty, ie between 50 and 125 million people.