Brussels, 21/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a letter, the European Anti-Poverty and Social Exclusion Network (EAPN) calls on European Employment and Social Affairs Ministers, meeting in Brussels on Thursday (for agenda see EUROPE 9369), to “give a real meaning to the 2006 Spring Council conclusions that 'the Lisbon Strategy is at the service of social cohesion'”.
Working from the premise that 6 years after the introduction of the Lisbon Strategy, the level and intensity of poverty has...