Ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council due to take place in Portugal on 5-7 July, the European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) calls on EU Social Affairs Ministers to strengthen the social dimension of the Lisbon strategy.
DetailsRead the letter EAPN sent to the EU Ministers of Employment and Social Affairs ahead of the informal Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (5-7 July 2007)
DetailsThis document gathers the EAPN proposal for strengthening the social dimensions of Lisbon in the context of the discussion on the revision of the Integrated Guidelines for the Lisbon Strategy
Details{jathumbnail}Flexicurity is now being promoted as a solution which neatly combines a radical liberalisation of the labour market with the maintenance of the European Social Model.
DetailsThe European Anti Poverty Network (EAPN) has mixed feelings about the agreement reached on 23 June by the European Council on the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) mandate which will provide the basis and framework for the drawing up of the new “Reform Treaty”. While welcoming the balancing between social and free market objectives and other positive elements concerning Social Europe, EAPN calls on the EU political leaders to secure social policy’s rightful place at the top of the EU agenda in the upcoming IGC negotiations.
DetailsThe 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.
DetailsRead the letter EAPN sent to EU Heads of State and Government ahead of the 2007 June European Council
DetailsEAPN and its members just released their contribution to the questionnaire sent by the European Commission on the 2010 EU year against poverty
DetailsHere you will find all the campaigns EAPN’s members are involved at the moment or have been involved in the sooner past.
DetailsIn 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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