Commission’s social policy debate : Fact and fiction

The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) finds unconvincing the meeting at which the College of Commissioners discussed EU social policy, on 9 June. A few days ahead of the EPSCO Council, the organisation wrote to the employment and social affairs ministers to denounce the contradictions between the Commission's words and actions. EAPN particularly regrets the small number of country-specific recommendations related to poverty (six, down from 12 the year before) and the fact that the employment policy guidelines "focus on fairness…