Fighting poverty in Europe: Meet the people who find themselves making a distinction | EUROtoday

Issued on: 22/12/2023 – 15:24

The present European Commission has pledged to scale back the variety of folks dwelling in poverty by 15 million by 2030 – however because of the world pandemic, the battle in Ukraine, inflation and rising vitality costs, the pattern has really gone the opposite means, with the previous three years seeing the variety of folks in poverty rising by 3 million.

That’s regardless of the EU’s efforts – together with the European Social Fund, which is distributing €100 billion from 2021 to 2027, and which goals to enhance entry to jobs and scale back social isolation.

Our particular report takes a take a look at how these funds are spent, and the efforts throughout Europe to counter poverty. From an NGO in Romania serving to reverse the agricultural exodus, to new methods to offer alternative and high quality meals to folks on low revenues in Spain and France, in addition to the significance of getting the long-term unemployed again into the roles market in France, we meet the people throughout the EU who’re having an affect.

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