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ILO | The Decade of Adjustment : A Review of Austerity Trends 2010 – 2020 in 187 Countries

Other publicationsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

18/11/2015 – This ILO paper: (i) examines the latest IMF government spending projections for 187 countries between 2005 and 2020 ; (ii) reviews 616 IMF country reports in 183 countries to identify the main adjustment measures considered by governments in both high-income and developing countries; (iii) applies the United Nations Global Policy Model to simulate the impact of expenditure consolidation on economic growth and employment; (iv) discusses how austerity threatens welfare and social progress; and (v) calls for urgent action by governments to adopt alternative and equitable policies for socio-economic recovery.

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COPE Project | “Europe 2020 and the Fight against Poverty” by Matteo Jessoula

Other publicationsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

18/11/2015 – The article “Europe 2020 and the Fight against Poverty: Beyond Competence Clash, Towards “Hybrid” Governance Solutions?” by Matteo Jessoula, published online in Social Policy & Administration, issue 4/2015, summarizes the findings of the WP4 I coordinated within the reserach project COPE-Combating Poverty In Europe.

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EC | Public consultation on work-life balance

EU Institutions NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

18/11/2015 – Today the Commission has launched a public consultation on how to improve work-life balance and reduce obstacles to women’s participation in the labour market. This consultation follows the recent withdrawal of the Commission’s 2008 proposal to amend the Maternity Leave Directive. The Commission has committed to replacing the withdrawn proposal with a ‘new start’ initiative in its Work Programme for 2016.

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Conclusions of the EU FP7 project SOPHIE – Social and economic policies matter for health equity

Other publicationsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

19/11/2015 – The SOPHIE research project has realeased its conclusions. Funded from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme, the project aims to generate new evidence on the impact of structural policies on health inequalities and to develop innovative methodologies for the evaluation of these policies in Europe.

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Britain’s EU reform talks stumble on social benefits

EU Institutions NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

23/11/2015, Euractiv – Member states have firmly rejected British demands to limit EU citizens’ rights to social benefits when working in the UK, saying this would be discriminatory.

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Eurochild | Child poverty: European Parliament adopts long overdue resolution

Other NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

25/11/2015 – Eurochild welcomes the adoption of the European Parliament Resolution Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty by rapporteur Inês Cristina Zuber. The resolution, adopted today by large majority is the formal endorsement of the 2013 European Commission Recommendation Investing in Children: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage. This is the first EP resolution specifically on child poverty since 2008.

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EU 2016 budget approved by the Council

EU Institutions NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

24/11/2015 – the Council by unanimity approved the 2016 EU budget deal agreed by the Conciliation Committee on 14 November. If the agreement is also confirmed by the European Parliament on 25 November the EU budget for 2016 is adopted.

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The Poverty Alliance | Welcome u-turn on tax credit cuts, but families still struggling

EAPN National Networks NewsBy Nellie Epinat November 27, 2015

25/11/2015 – Anti- poverty campaigners have welcomed the UK Government’s decision not to implement the proposed changes to the threshold and taper for tax credits. However, there remains concern that there is still £12bn of cuts being made to the welfare budget and it is unclear how these will actually be made.

The Poverty Alliance | Welcome u-turn on tax credit cuts, but families still struggling

EAPN National Networks NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

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New campaign launches, calling on ECB’s quantitative easing to “serve the people”

Other NewsBy EAPN Europe Staff November 27, 2015

25/11/2015, Brussels – A coalition of eurozone campaigners, civil society organisations and economists is today calling on the European Central Bank (ECB) to radically change its approach to the current Quantitative Easing (QE) programme. In other words, the money created currently going to the financial sector which caused the crisis, should be used to help everyday people and contributes to a sustainable recovery.

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