EU Anti-Poverty Strategy: we call for strong, decisive EU action
Joint statement by the Coalition on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy
In May 2026, the European Commission is set to launch the first EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, a long-awaited milestone for the Union’s social agenda. However, in the face of the EU’s failure to consider poverty in newly adopted frameworks, the Coalition on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy urges the Commission to ensure the strategy is ambitious, human-rights-based, and backed by adequate funding.
Without an ambitious EU Anti-Poverty Strategy backed by adequate EU funds, commitments made by the European Commission at the beginning of its mandate risk remaining narrow in scope and representing only a limited toolbox. With the launch of the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy approaching, the Coalition recalls the following: the fight against poverty cannot be confined to a single strategy or framework.
What people experiencing poverty across the EU urgently need is not only political commitment, but both a strong Anti-Poverty Strategy and concrete action to ensure they are not left behind in other policy frameworks.
