Minimum Income Archives - EAPN https://www.eapn.eu/tag/minimum-income/ The European Anti-Poverty Network Wed, 22 Oct 2025 07:02:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.eapn.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-fav-32x32.png Minimum Income Archives - EAPN https://www.eapn.eu/tag/minimum-income/ 32 32 Advocacy Toward Adequate Minimum Income Schemes https://www.eapn.eu/advocacy-toward-adequate-minimumincome-schemes/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:46:40 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=50926 Over the last two years, national welfare states in Europe have been put under increasing pressure. The economic crisis generated by the pandemic led to a growing risk of poverty…

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]]> No social progress with the far-right: the case of Minimum Income in Italy https://www.eapn.eu/no-social-progress-with-the-far-right-the-case-of-minimum-income-in-italy/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:16:49 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=49955 In today’s Italian political environment, ideological hostility toward solidarity and equality is now well established, reflected in the Meloni government’s recent approach to Minimum Income and social rights in general.…

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]]> Joint statement on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income schemes in the EU https://www.eapn.eu/eu-joint-statement-minimum-income/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 11:51:41 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=48596 On September 28th, the European Commission released its long-awaited proposal for a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (the Proposal). The Proposal is part of the initiatives…

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]]> Youth Dialogue on Minimum Income | BAPN Activist Emmanuel Buta Kossi https://www.eapn.eu/youth-dialogue-on-minimum-income-bapn-activist-emmanuel-buta-kossi/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:22:11 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=47942 Nicolas Schmit, EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, met this Monday (June 13) with several young people from across Europe, to hear their views and discuss “Social Protection, Minimum…

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]]> EAPN Annual Policy Conference 2022 | The Backbone of a Truly Social Europe https://www.eapn.eu/eapn-annual-policy-conference-2022-the-backbone-of-a-truly-social-europe/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 10:58:00 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=47933 June 28 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (CEST) With this policy conference, we aimed to contribute to a strong and ambitious Recommendation on Minimum Income Schemes to the Council, with a…

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]]> Roundtable on Pillar of Social Rights with UN Special Rapporteur, Commission, and ‘trio’ country representatives (PT, SI, FR) https://www.eapn.eu/roundtable-on-pillar-of-social-rights-with-un-special-rapporteur-commission-and-trio-country-representatives-pt-si-fr/ Thu, 20 May 2021 16:15:07 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=46613 EAPN organised a closed roundtable during the afternoon of 3 May with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, the European Commission and…

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]]> Minimum Income | EAPN Campaign https://www.eapn.eu/minimum-income-campaign/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:52:29 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=26963 Poverty and inequality are rising again with the COVID-19 pandemic which has deepened existing inequalities. Certain groups were always disproportionately at risk of poverty and social exclusion, such as children,…

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]]> Sign-on Statement Framework Directive Minimum Income | Joint Statement https://www.eapn.eu/sign-on-statement-framework-directive-minimum-income-joint-statement/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:44:06 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=26978 Together with our partners Caritas Europe, ETUC, Eurodiaconia and the Social Platform, we add our voices to the Council’s invitation to the Commission to “initiate an update of the Union…

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]]> Important Advocacy Success of EAPN Latvia in fight for Minimum Adequate Income | EAPN Advocacy https://www.eapn.eu/important-advocacy-success-of-eapn-latvia-in-fight-for-minimum-adequate-income-eapn-advocacy/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:34:23 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=26738 On 25 June 2020 the Latvian Constitutional Court ruled that the current Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) currently set at 64€ per month is too low to ensure a life in…

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]]> Minimum Income Framework Directive | EAPN letter to Commissioner Schmit https://www.eapn.eu/minimum-income-framework-directive-eapn-letter-to-commissioner-schmit/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:30:31 +0000 https://www.eapn.eu/?p=26587 The post Minimum Income Framework Directive | EAPN letter to Commissioner Schmit appeared first on EAPN.

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