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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11958
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social affairs

Eurofound rings alarm bell about family poverty in EU

Eurofound, the EU agency for developing policy in the social and employment domains, published a study on Tuesday 6 February on the situation of families in the EU, in which it highlights severe impoverishment of single-parent and large families since the 2008 financial crisis.

The figures speak volumes: the agency explains, for example, that in some, unquoted, member states, 8 single-parent families of every 10 are at risk of poverty and social exclusion.  The study notes that state aid is...

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