Nicolas Schmit, the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, responded vigorously to calls from MEPs in Strasbourg on Monday 13 January regarding the need for action to combat the phenomenon of homelessness, but did not make any concrete announcements on possible initiatives that might be taken at European level in the next few months.
There was consensus on the issue of tackling homelessness amongst MEPs, all of whom recognised the scale of the problem and the degree to which the situation...