{jathumbnail}On 2 October, EAPN Norway organized its International Day within the focus week. Members of EAPN Norway/Welfare Alliance invited National Network representatives from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Iceland to join their event.
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Although the European Parliament has adopted a resolution asking France to stop immediately expulsing Roma people and expressed its concern about the provocative and discriminatory propaganda of the French Government, the latter has decided to maintain its discrimination policy towards Roma people and foreigners in general.
EAPN took a further step forward in its partnership work with Dignity International on the Occasion of its ‘Get Organized for Human Rights’ study visit hosted by the MST (Landless Rural Workers’ Movement) in Brazil.
Details{jathumbnail}ON 14-15 September, several EAPN members attended the Belgian Presidency conference on the Social OMC, on EU coordination in the social field – Looking back and building the future.
Details{jathumbnail}On 28 September, representatives of EAPN Austria met with President of Austria Heinz Fischer to discuss current social concerns. The network used the opportunity to present its brand new publication „Geld.Macht.Glücklich“ (Money. Power. Happiness) which includes the inputs of its recent conference on growing inequalities.
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The Belgian Anti-Poverty network is always very active on 17 October. Get informed about all activities on http://www.17octobre.be/ (in Flemish and French).
Details{jathumbnail}Trade unions and civil society organizations demonstrated on 29 September to express their opposition to austerity measures, which bring cuts in social budgets and place at further risk those most harmed by the crisis.
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{jathumbnail}Laying the Foundations of a Fairer Europe – Ensuring adequate minimum income for all
{jathumbnail}Laying the Foundations of a Fairer Europe – Ensuring adequate minimum income for all
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