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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8822

6 November 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/european summit/lisbon strategy
EAPN says Kok Report ignores pledge to eradicate poverty

Brussels, 05/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - In a response to the Kok Report on the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy, Fintan Farrell, Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) slams its inability to understand the complexity of the strategy, pointing out that it ignores the pledge made in Lisbon in March 2000 to eradicate poverty and social exclusion. The Kok Report is based on an inappropriate and old-fashioned development model and on the statement that 'growth automatically...

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