07/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - Tackling poverty. EU employment and social affairs ministers adopted a draft declaration on “The European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion: Working together to fight poverty in 2010 and beyond”. Belgian Secretary of State for Social Integration and Combating Poverty Philippe Courard laid great stress on tackling child poverty and on the importance to this end of education, housing and health policies. (G.B./transl.rt)