Commission Wants to Eradicate Poverty in the EU by 2050
The plan expands housing, benefits and child support as Eurostat says 92.7 million people in the bloc are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
- On Wednesday, the European Commission unveiled its first-ever Anti-Poverty Strategy, aiming to eradicate poverty across the EU by 2050. Executive Vice-President Roxana Mânzatu presented the plan in Brussels, focusing on social housing, welfare support, and eviction prevention.
- Alarming statistics drove the initiative, with around 92.7 million people in the 27 EU countries currently at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Mânzatu acknowledged the EU remains far from meeting its 2030 target of lifting 15 million people out of poverty.
- Brussels updated the European Child Guarantee to improve access to childcare and mental healthcare, as one in four children remains at risk. The Commission also updated its disability plan, targeting employment gains for people with disabilities currently at 55 per cent employment.
- Despite the strategy's scope, NGOs like Caritas Europa criticized the plan for lacking concrete legislative proposals and dedicated new funding. Mânzatu defended the approach, citing €100 billion earmarked for poverty prevention in the next EU budget, though approval awaits member states.
- Critics note the strategy avoids addressing how legal immigration flows, which added around 1.5 million people to the at-risk pool last year, complicate poverty reduction. This tension highlights concerns that current policy sustains the demographic trends the strategy aims to reverse.
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EU launches new strategy to eradicate poverty by 2050
Brussels, May 6 (SANA) The European Commission rolled out on Wednesday a social package featuring the EU’s first anti-poverty strategy, setting a target to eradicate poverty by 2050 amid rising living costs and persistent housing pressures across the bloc. The announcement comes at a time when many Europeans are grappling with rising living costs, a tightening housing market, and rapid changes in employment patterns. According to the Commission,…
Commission wants to eradicate poverty in the EU by 2050
“We want to eradicate poverty in the EU in 25 years,” European Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu told Euronews in an interview. However, the anti-poverty strategy lacks a dedicated budget and relies mainly on recommendations rather than binding legislation.
The European Union must shift into higher gear if it wants to meet its own objective of lifting 15 million people out of poverty by the end of this decade. The Commission warned of this on Wednesday during the presentation of a strategy against poverty.
The European Commission has presented the first European strategy to combat poverty in the EU, with which it aims to contribute to the eradication of poverty in the Member States by 2050.
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