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About the baby and the bathwater: assessing the European Platform against Poverty

Bart Vanhercke and Sebastiano Sabato

Working Papers from European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

Abstract: This Working Paper provides a qualitative assessment of one of Europe 2020's flagship initiatives: the 'European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion' (EPAP). The paper argues that a transformed EPAP has the potential to provide strong added value for the EU's toolbox in the fight against poverty. Rather than throwing out the baby with the bathwater, the mid-term review of the Europe 2020 Strategy should be used as a window of opportunity to revamp this tool by addressing its weaknesses. The authors propose three complementary scenarios for boosting, step by step, the effectiveness of the Platform.

Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2014-11
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