Brussels, 05/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - In 2012, 24.8% of EU citizens, i.e. 124.5 million people, found themselves in a poverty- or social exclusion-prone situation. The latest data from Eurostat (the EU's statistical office) published on Thursday 5 December confirm that the risk of poverty has been constantly on the rise since 2008 but that it gathered speed between 2011 and 2012. With every passing year, the likelihood of achieving the objective of the Europe 2020 strategy in this field...