Members of the European Parliament from several political groups expressed support for Social Affairs Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu’s plans to combat poverty through a strategy extending to 2050. They called for sufficient funding to be allocated for this purpose in the new Multiannual Financial Framework.
By Marion Bergermann
More than 19 million children in the EU live in poverty, putting the bloc at risk of missing its poverty reduction targets.
By János Allenbach-Ammann
Today, the Commission is presenting its first strategy to combat poverty. The goal of eradicating poverty by 2050 is unrealistic if social gains are undermined, writes the expert from the European Anti-Poverty Network.
By Susana Anastácio
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.
By Alina Leimbach
Nearly 900 million poor people worldwide are also exposed to extreme heat, drought, flooding or environmental pollution. Their situation is likely to worsen, warns the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index.
By Kai Schöneberg
If poverty is to be effectively combated, adequate funding and coordinated efforts by the EU together with local authorities are needed. There is still an opportunity to make the next MFF an important instrument in the fight against poverty.
By Jessica Machacova
Little content, insufficient parliamentary involvement: The European Parliament coordinators are threatening to abstain from supporting the new Porto Social Declaration.
By Alina Leimbach
