France remains one of the European countries with the lowest poverty levels. However, over the past ten years or so, the number of poor people in France has increased to reach more than 9 million in 2018, i.e. more than 14% of the total population. This aggravation is one of the most striking phenomena among the trends analysed by the Inequality Observatory. Covid has weakened the position of mainly the young and female people at risk of poverty.
Poverty Watch Main Findings
Most affected groups
Young people (NEETS)
Single-parent families
The unemployed & the homeless
Undocumented people and Roma
Main priorities
- Government strategy for poverty reduction:
– Equality of opportunity
– Guarantee fundamental rights for children
– Guaranteed training path for all young people
– More accessible, equitable and incentive-based social rights
– Invest for the accompaniment of all towards employment - Minimum Income guarantee
- Extension of Zero Long-Term Unemployment territories
- Housing and accommodation for homeless people, asylum seekers and refugees
- Access to fundamental rights for everyone and establishing a global policy including health, housing, food, employment, education and culture
- Food security
Contact details
M. Richard Pelplanque
EAPN France / UNIOPSS
15 Rue Albert
75013 Paris (France)
15 Rue Albert
75013 Paris (France)
Tel: +33 659 733 368
Intern/Uniopss interlocutor: +33 153 363 551
E-mail: richarddelplanque (@) sfr.fr
Website: www.eapn.ft
