EAPN welcomes the European Commission’s Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights, published on 4 March 2021. The Action Plan is the long-awaited follow-up to the promise that the unique European Social and Economic Model brings about shared prosperity and opportunities for all, proclaimed in 2017 by the European Parliament, the Council and the…
The EU must adopt a Directive on Minimum Wages, guaranteeing decent pay and working conditions for all! EAPN welcomes the need for guaranteed decent pay and working conditions for all workers as a political priority at EU level. It is important that initiatives, including the proposal for an EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in…
The Europe 2020 strategy set an EU poverty target to reduce poverty by at least 20 million people by 2020. The poverty target was crucial, but failed to reduce poverty by more than 8 million. Now in 2020, 109 million people are at risk of poverty, even prior to the pandemic. Adopting a new EU…
