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Press release: Where to now on Social Services? Will the Commission take up the torch?

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff June 6, 2007

The European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) welcomes the initiative taken by the Collective SSIG FR in organizing the seminar held yesterday in Brussels (5th June) to discuss ways of moving forward in the debate on Social and Health Services of General Interest. This conference was a welcome next step, following on from the Commission’s Seminar on the 4th June which presented the findings of the consultation on Social and Health Services of General Interest and the related Study.

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EAPN’s letter to the EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the June European Council

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff June 1, 2007

Read the letter EAPN sent to EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the 2007 June European Council

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EAPN’s contribution to the Commission’s questionnaire on the 2010 European Year for fighting exclusion and poverty

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff June 1, 2007

EAPN and its members just released their contribution to the questionnaire sent by the European Commission on the 2010 EU year against poverty

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National networks’ campaigns

EAPN NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff April 25, 2007

Here you will find all the campaigns EAPN’s members are involved at the moment or have been involved in the sooner past.

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EAPN RESPONSE to the Green Paper “Modernizing labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century”

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff April 11, 2007

In its response to the Commission’s Green Paper on Labour Law, EAPN states that there is a need for Labour Law to adapt in order to play its protective function regarding the development of precarity and to contribute to an inclusive labour market.

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Press release: EAPN calls on the Commission to ensure that social inclusion is given rightful place in the new Structural Funds round

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff March 28, 2007

At a crucial time when the European Commission has embarked on a process of scrutinising Member States’ National Strategic Reference Frameworks and Operational Programmes for 2007-2013, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) calls on the Commission to live up to its responsibility and make sure this new round enables the EU to make a decisive impact on poverty and social exclusion.

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Press release: European Summit conclusions raise expectations for the fight against poverty!

EAPN Press releasesBy EAPN Europe Staff March 13, 2007

The European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) welcomes the European Council’s commitment to improve social cohesion and social inclusion and to give more attention to the fight against poverty and active inclusion. It is now time for the EU to turn these commitments into deeds!

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January/March 2007: Focus on Poverty in the EU agenda

Anti-Poverty Magazine !By EAPN Europe Staff March 6, 2007

{jathumbnail}It’s official….16% of Europeans remain at risk of poverty and 10% are in jobless households, according to the Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion, presented by Commissioner Spidla on the 20 February 2007.

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EAPN report on “Social economy as a tool for inclusion”

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 5, 2007

EAPN recently released a new report on “Social economy as a tool for inclusion” based on a seminar the Employment and Structural Funds Task Forces of EAPN held on 3 November 2006 in Malta.

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EAPN letter to EU Prime Ministers and Heads of State ahead of the 2007 European Spring Council

EAPN position papers and reportsBy EAPN Europe Staff March 5, 2007

Read the letter EAPN sent to EU Prime Ministers and Heads of State ahead of the 2007 European Spring Council..

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