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The Social Package launched by the European Commission on 6 May included the unveiling of the European Union’s first Anti-Poverty Strategy.
COFACE Families Europe member organisation KMOP has launched a new online platform to support victims of racism and discrimination in Greece.
COFACE Families Europe is hosting an online working group meeting on single parent families: this will include representatives of parents and youth of single parent families. Save the date!
For the International Day of Families 2026, COFACE Families Europe calls on its members and partners to support implementation of the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, to drive real change for families in poverty and at risk of poverty.
The COFACE network welcomes a new member, Bundeselternnetzwerk der Migrantenorganisationen für Bildung und Teilhabe (bbt). Based in Berlin, Germany, and founded in 2017, the Bundeselternnetzwerk is a non-profit umbrella organisation bringing together 17 member organisations nationwide, most of which are umbrella organisations as well.
Poverty and social exclusion remain significant challenges across the European Union. In 2024, around 93,5 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including a large number of children and families.
In March 2026, the European Commission adopted its first Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness, to further develop the reflex of long-term thinking in EU policymaking, while giving greater weight to the views and concerns of young people.
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.
