3 weeks to go. The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy must understand that poverty is more than income. Then... What is poverty?
Poverty is:
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Structural
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Multi-dimensional
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Lived every day through barriers and exclusion
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What happened at the 2025 Poverty Watch Launch?
Today we gathered in Brussels for the launch of the 2025 European Poverty Watch report, โPromoting and Strengthening National and Local Anti-Poverty Strategiesโ.
Read the full paper: www.eapn.eu/wp-content/u...
One month to go. The direction is still not set. ๐จ
In May 2026, the European Commission will present the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Together with our partners, we call for a strategy that is:
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Ambitious
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Human rights-based
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Properly funded
๐ Read the full statement: shorturl.at/YUrWK
Find more information and register here by [KJ2.1]6 April: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
๐ข The 2025 European Poverty Watch is here!
Join EAPN, in an event organised in collaboration with the Civil Society Organisations' Group of @eesc.bsky.social for the launch of its annual report on poverty and social exclusion.
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14 April 2026
โฐ 10:00 โ 12:00
๐ EESC, Brussels & online
๐ข New article
Over 1 in 5 people in the EU face poverty. The upcoming EU Anti-Poverty Strategy must deliver real change, built with people experiencing poverty, not just for them. ๐ฌ โTheir knowledge is essential to understanding the complexity of poverty.โ
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Registration is now open for the launch of the new report by European Anti-Poverty Network: ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐
๐ 18 March 2026
โฐ 10:00 am (CET)
๐ป Online webinar
๐ Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This week, #EAPN joined Civil Society Week, bringing civil society, EU institutions, and citizens together to tackle Europeโs toughest social challenges.๐
3 themes, 4 days, 1 goal: fairer, stronger, more resilient Europe.
#CivilSocietyWeek #UnionOfOpportunities #UnionOfSecurity #UnionOfResilience
๐น A look at the priorities of the Cyprus EU Presidency!
Eleni N. Karaoli, Chair of EAPN Cyprus, Brussels to discuss key priorities for the Cyprus EU Presidency. Affordable housing is highlighted and welcomed the launch of the first-ever
EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.
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You can work and still be left without protection.
Leslie OโReilly (EAPN Ireland) explains how people who earn โjust enoughโ fall between work and welfare. Be #WorkingPoor: excluded from healthcare, housing and financial security.
Decent work is a #SocialJustice issue
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Is digitalisation strengthening the welfare state or turning it into a surveillance trap?
Join EAPN Talks: Digitalisation of the Welfare State โA Surveillance Trap?
๐ 24 Feb | ๐ 14:00 CET | ๐Online
๐คOrganised with Quadrature du Net & European Digital Rights
๐Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Todayโs plenary adopted the report aimed at shaping the Commissionโs Anti-Poverty Strategy. It reflects povertyโs multidimensional nature, ambitious objectives and funding.
However, several of the most structural proposals were weakened or removed, especially by pressure of the EPP and the far-right
๐ณ๏ธ Today, the European Parliament is voting on its own-initiative report that will steer the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Jessica Machacova, Senior Policy Officer at EAPN, explains why this vote matters
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๐ณ๏ธ MEPs: the plenary vote is coming this week. Back the EMPL report and push for a people-centered and well-funded #EUAntiPovertyStrategy. People canโt wait
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What does โbeing left behindโ mean and how does it influence local, national, and EU policies?
We are sharing the conference by Project EXIT, of which EAPN is a partner: #Leftbehindness contested.
February 13 | @UniBarcelona
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Education is a right (not a privilege)! On Jan 24 we share Amelita Dorotโs plea: Access to universal, inclusive, affordable and high-quality public education, from early childhood to lifelong learning.
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If you could make one wish for 2026, what would it be?
Noรซllie (EAPN Belgium) tells us hers. Listen to it! ๐
๐ฅ www.youtube.com/shorts/Vbl8N...
As the year comes to an end, weโre thinking about what we wish for the future: a society that puts people first. ๐ฅ
This message from EAPN Sweden reflects the change we want to see. ๐
Highlights from 23rd #PEPMeeting2025 โ Participation In Action
Where delegates with lived experience from all across Europe came together in Brussels to turn real stories into shared solutions.
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Wrapping up #PEPMEETING ๐
Two days of turning lived experience into policy, building networks and boosting skills.
Thanks to all delegates, facilitators and partners for making it possible! ๐ฌ๐ช
#ParticipationInAction #EAPN
๐ค Dialogue In Action.
PEP delegates met MEPs, EU officials, the EESC, foundations and media partners to bridge EU policy & lived experience. ๐ฃ๏ธ Every voice matters.
Together, we turn participation into action. ๐
Skills UP! ๐ Day 1 of #PEPMeeting2025 - Participation in Action.
Delegates in hands-on workshops: movement-building, storytelling, advocacy, fundraising & inclusive networks. ๐ช ๐ค๐ถ
Peer-learning that turns experience into influence. ๐ธ ๐
๐ On 3 December 2025, the EMPL Committee adopted its position on the upcoming EU #AntiPovertyStrategy, urging a comprehensive, ambitious and well-funded plan with meaningful targets.
We call on MEPs to uphold this ambition in Januaryโs plenary vote. ๐ณ๏ธ
๐ Get to know more: www.eapn.eu/elementor-53...
Countdown: 7 days โณuntil #PEPMeeting2025 Participation In Action
On Nov 11 & 12, delegates from across Europe will share stories, co-create solutions and meet EU officials for our annual flagship event.
Follow us to stay tune ๐ฌ๐ค
Want to know what really makes anti-poverty policies work?
Marit Maij, Vice-President of the Intergroup on Fighting Poverty, argues that people with lived experience must be at the centre if we want policies to be effective and efficient.
๐ฅ Watch the video: youtube.com/shorts/zOTtW...
Eradicating poverty by 2050 is possible, but only if decision-makers fund it. Read EAPNโs Jessica Machacova on why the EU MFF misses the mark and what must change.
โก๏ธRead the Full Op-Ed: table.media/en/europe/op...
โOur job is to gather the widest coalition of countries & political groups so the EU keeps fighting poverty โ and aims to eradicate it.โ - Marie Toussaint, MEP.
Watch how the Intergroup and events like Anti-Poverty Day keep poverty on the EU agenda: youtube.com/shorts/uHFx1...
๐ฅ Highlights from #AntiPovertyDay at the European Parliament ๐
Participation, democracy & social justice in action with MEPs, experts & people with lived experience of poverty.
๐ Watch the recap: youtube.com/shorts/2e4xI...