Marseilles, 15/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 15-16 October 2007 the French Presidency of the EU is organising the 7th round table on poverty and social exclusion in Marseilles. This conference comes the day before the international day of tackling poverty, 17 October, and a fortnight after the publication on 3 October of a communication by the European Commission on the same issue. In 2006, poverty in the EU25 stood at 16% of the population. France's High Commissioner for Active Solidarity...