What is poverty in the European Union? What does poverty mean in our rich Europe, in the heart of the welfare state, of wellbeing and consumerism? Is poverty on the increase as a consequence of the financial and economic crisis? Who are the poor of the 21st century and, most importantly, how can poverty be prevented and curbed?
Against the background of the upcoming launch of the 2010 European Year to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion in Madrid on 21 January Europarltv met with Fintan Farrell, the Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network, to ask him all these questions and much more…
Watch the interview here.
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