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EU poverty strategy: what it can achieve

It is to be the EU’s first poverty strategy – and a very ambitious one at that. Poverty is to be “eradicated” in the 27 member states by 2050. Previous attempts have failed.

Alina Leimbach
07. November 2025
Ursula von der Leyen at her State of the Union adress
Commission President von der Leyen surprised the SOTEU by announcing her intention to end poverty in the EU by 2050. (European Union, 2025)

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Last updated: 07. November 2025

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