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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8935

26 April 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social/constitution
In European Anti-Poverty Network's view European Constitution is “important but limited step forward”

Brussels, 25/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) has affirmed that “the [European] Constitution represents an important step forward” from the point of view of social rights and combating poverty and social exclusion. In a press release, the EAPN names the following among the major weaknesses of the Constitution: - the refusal to name poverty in the EU or to make its eradication an objective of the Union; - the absence of a chapter on social inclusion...

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