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Report European Anti Poverty Network: crisis has worst impact on people under pressure & is getting worse
1 maart 2011

Report of the European Anti Poverty Network about the social impact of the crisis. According to experts people lacking education are on third position as beging the hardest hit. Hugh unemployment is rocketing skyhigh in some countries over 40%, and services for adult education and special education are confronted with huge cuts in finances. 

Main conclusions of: Is the European project moving backwards? The Social Impact of the Crisis and the Recovery Policies in 2010:
• The social impact is getting worse, as Governments’ austerity measures make the poor pay and undermine a sustainable recovery.
• The social impact is being systematically under-assessed and ignored.
• NGOs are gravely weakened and their fundamental contribution to society is at stake.
• The crisis was not inevitable and was a result of deregulation and increasing inequality, not public sector spending.
• Another, fairer way is possible – towards prosperity for all.
• The EU must restore the core values of the European Project, and use Europe 2020 to drive an ambitious social and sustainable vision.

You can find the report here

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