2022 We are living in a time of great crises and change, and the issues are emerging very dynamically. While in the previous two years people’s livelihoods and aspects of poverty were strongly affected by the COVID-19 crisis, this year we have reached a completely abnormal situation, with large-scale warfare in Europe caused by Russia’s…
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Poverty Watch 2020 launch On 29 January 2021, we launched our EU Poverty Watch 2020. The Poverty Watches start from the reality of people experiencing poverty and the perspectives of NGOs who work with them. With poverty predicted to rise to at least levels seen in the 2008 crisis, and the EU Action Plan on the…
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On 29 January we held an online conference “Covid19 supercharging poverty” – data and experiences from the ground, hosted by MEPs Cindy Franssen and Marisa Matias. The EU Poverty Watch report was launched with this event. The Poverty Watches start from the reality of people experiencing poverty and the perspectives of NGOs who work with…
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Looking back and looking forward In 2020, EAPN celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over three decades, EAPN has become the largest European network of anti-poverty NGOs and grassroots organisations and during these years, we have consistently been fighting to end poverty across Europe. Yet way too many people still face the serious burden of poverty and…
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Key recommendations to combat energy poverty Mathias Maucher, EAPN Policy Officer, spoke in the workshop “Who pays and who benefits in the energy transition?”in the context of the Energy Forum 2020. Referring to data highlighting the social and economic impacts of energy poverty and precarity, he presented 5 important demands for EAPN . He referred…
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2021 Serious material poverty is the reality for almost 2% of Sweden’s population. This means that 184,000 people live in such circumstances that they may not be able to put food on the table every day or that they cannot meet other necessary costs. Poverty Watch Main Findings Most Affected Groups Jobseekers Foreign-born population Refugees…
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an official visit to the European Union from 25 November 2020 to 29 January 2021, at the invitation of the European Union. His visit will focus on the relationship between the internal market and poverty and on the impacts…
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Strengthening members’ engagement in the European Semester 2020 and 2021 The capacity building webinar On 19 November 2020, EAPN organised a Capacity Building webinar with members to support exchange, learn and investigate ways to strengthen EAPN’s engagement in the European Semester 2021. The event was chaired by Martina Brandstätter, EAPN Austria, Co-Chair of the EU…
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Poverty is one of the clearest impacts of this systemic inequality. We simply cannot achieve our aim of eradicating poverty without also eradicating the entrenched racial inequalities that are embedded within our economic, political and social systems and institutions. Poverty and racial inequality are inextricably linked, and there can be no social justice without racial…
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The long-awaited proposal by the European Commission for an EU directive on adequate minimum wages is out! With this proposal, the Commission wants to ensure that the workers in the Union are protected by adequate minimum wages allowing for a decent living wherever they work. When set at adequate levels, minimum wages do not only…
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