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The average annual inflation level among the EU-27 was 9.2 percent in December — driven particularly by higher energy and food prices (Photo: Unsplash)

Slow progress on EU poverty sees MEPs demand directive

In 2021, more than one-in-five Europeans were at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

Now the EU institutions are working to reduce this figure — but only by using the same mechanism they put in place more than 30 years ago, an EU Council recommendation.

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

The average annual inflation level among the EU-27 was 9.2 percent in December — driven particularly by higher energy and food prices (Photo: Unsplash)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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