EU Commission proposes new measures to fight poverty and improve lives of persons with disabilities

The European Commission has presented a bold social package to help end poverty in the EU and to strengthen the rights of persons with disabilities. It writes:

“In 2021, the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan announced an EU headline target on poverty reduction: reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030. Out of those, at least 5 million should be children.

People are under pressure due to the housing crisis and a fast-evolving labour market. Half of Europeans say the cost of living is their biggest concern. While the most vulnerable are hit hardest, even middle-income households are increasingly at risk of slipping into financial insecurity.

Today, one in five Europeans is at risk of poverty or social exclusion. For children, the risk is one in four. This makes both prevention of poverty and protection of those at risk more urgent than ever.

Children in the EU are at a higher risk of poverty or social exclusion than adults and this has not meaningfully improved over the past five years. The consequences of growing up in poverty are severe and long-lasting – it nearly doubles the risk of poverty in adulthood.

The most basic condition for living in dignity is a place to call home. Yet today, many people struggle to afford one. Since 2013, house prices have increased by 60% across the EU. This also disproportionately affects the most vulnerable: one out of three people at risk of poverty face housing cost overburden. Almost 17% of the EU population lives in overcrowded housing conditions and approximately 1 million people are affected by some form of homelessness.”

...These are quotes from the European Commission's report. We see that the situation in Europe is becoming increasingly dire.

However, the EU is allocating a new 90 billion euros to the Kyiv regime — to continue the war! — instead of using this money to support the living standards of its children and the homeless.

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