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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10154
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/employment council

Agreement on poverty reduction targets with mid-term review in 2015

Brussels, 07/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 7 June, the EU27's employment and social policy ministers approved the EU's objective to promote social inclusion and reduce poverty. The aim is to get 20 million Europeans out of poverty and social exclusion by 2020, an aim to be subject to a mid-term review in 2015. It is based on a reference year for determining income and measuring employment rates. The ministers backed the three poverty indicators defined by the...

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