"The EU will eradicate poverty within 25 years" - The European Commission has adopted the strategy
The European Commission has presented its first anti-poverty strategy, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and social exclusion by 2050 through non-binding recommendations and best practice guidelines for member states. The strategy comes amid alarming statistics showing that some 92.7 million people are now at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the 27 EU countries, almost one in five Europeans.
The strategy's objective is very ambitious, while the EU remains far from meeting its 2030 target of lifting at least 15 million people out of poverty.
The energy crisis due to the conflict in the Middle East is also expected to add an economic burden on families, with a significant impact on bills and the cost of living. The EU's anti-poverty strategy focuses on several aspects, from helping children in need to expanding social and affordable housing.
However, the plan does not come with a dedicated budget for its implementation. The Commission considers that the EU already provides significant funding to fight poverty, such as €50.2 billion from the European Social Fund Plus to address social inclusion and material deprivation, as well as €100 billion for social policies set out in the next multiannual budget.
Strengthening the EU program aimed at helping families, supporting the unemployed to find a job, and improving support for senior citizens through adequate pensions are among the main objectives of the strategy.
For example, the Commission will pilot the “child guarantee card” in several countries, a digital tool that allows governments to track children in need and provide them with free services.
Addressing homelessness is another of the key priorities set out in the strategy. However, according to NGOs, the lack of concrete legislative proposals in the strategy risks leaving its more ambitious goals without the necessary means to achieve them.
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