Survey shows many EU citizens still at risk of poverty, especially now

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"Survey shows many EU citizens still at risk of poverty, especially now
27 October 2008 - Issue : 805

It all started in February 2001 when the Social Protection Committee was appointed with the task of improving indicators in the field of poverty and social exclusion. This followed from the political agreement reached at the European Council in Nice, defining appropriate objectives in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. That came as a necessity derived from the social chapter of the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) but also would be an important tool for monitoring the results of the goals set in the Lisbon treaty to make a decisive impact on the eradication of poverty by 2010, to improve the understanding of poverty and social exclusion."