On 15 November 2006, the European Parliament in its second reading, adopted the Services Directive, voting against all the proposed amendments to the Council’s compromise position. For the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN), this is only a partial victory.
DetailsRead the full report of the fifth European meeting of people experiencing poverty which took place on 12 and 13 May in Brussels under the Austrian Presidency.
DetailsOn the eve of the Informal Tripartite Social Summit on Flexicurity to be held in Lahti, Finland on the 19 and 20th October 2006, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) urges EU Prime Ministers to make sure that Flexicurity is used to deliver social cohesion and to contribute to the eradication of poverty, for people who are outside the labour market or already stuck in the worse paid, precarious employment.
DetailsRead the letter EAPN sent to the EU Prime Ministers on the eve of the of the Informal Tripartite Social Summit on Flexicurity held in Lahti, Finland on the 19 and 20th October
DetailsThis document gathers the EAPN position paper which was presented on the occasion of the Informal Social Summit on Flexicurity held in Lahti, Finland, on the 19 and 20th of October 2006.
DetailsOn the occasion of the fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion to be held in Tampere on 16-17 October 2006, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) will be sharing with EU and Government officials its initial reflections on the recent publication of the new ‘streamlined’ Reports for 2006-2008 under the Open method of coordination on social protection and social inclusion (OMC), the EU’s driving mechanism in meeting its objective to reduce poverty and social exclusion by 2010.
DetailsOn the occasion of the fifth European Round Table on Poverty and Social Exclusion, EAPN wishes to share its initial reflections on this stage in the development of the new ‘streamlined’ OMC on social protection and social inclusion
DetailsThe shocking official figures of 72 million people living their daily lives in or at risk of poverty shows that the EU has failed in reaching the vision of a social Europe. This is why the participants to the Toledo EAPN General Assembly last week urged the European Union to “fundamentally rethink its economic and social policy if it is to achieve its stated objective to make decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010”.
DetailsOn 5-7 October 2006, EAPN held its seventeenth General Assembly in Toledo, Spain. At the end of the General Assembly, the EAPN delegates adopted the following declaration.
Details{jathumbnail}The German network has translated Voices from the Poverty Line and The EU we want, both from 2006.
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