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Low wage jobs are leaving workers in poverty, the EU says (Photo: Tax Credits)

Jobs not lifting Europeans out of poverty, commission warns

One in four Europeans are at risk of poverty, the European Commission said Tuesday (21 January).

Unveiling its annual report on 'Social and Economic developments in 2013' EU employment commissioner Laszlo Andor said the EU's fragile economic situation had left the bloc with rising poverty levels.

"We have seen a significant increase in poverty…even it unemployment is gradually reducing," he added.

According to the EU executive's research, a gradual fall in unemployment as th...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Low wage jobs are leaving workers in poverty, the EU says (Photo: Tax Credits)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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