On Wednesday 6 May, the European Commission is preparing to present the first-ever European strategy to combat poverty, aimed at fulfilling the promise made by its President, Ursula von der Leyen, who called for the eradication of poverty by 2050 in her State of the European Union address in September 2025 (see EUROPE B13706A9).
According to a provisional version consulted by Agence Europe, this strategy takes a life-cycle approach - childhood, active adulthood, and old age - to detail the...