EU’s Fight Against (In-Work) Poverty: Case For Minimum Living Income

In recent years, social policy debates on the EU-Level have gained traction despite the EU’s limited legislative competences when it comes to social protection. Social security and minimum income schemes are member states’ competences, meaning that any action at the EU level requires unanimity unless it is not legally binding. The Covid-19 pandemic proved once more how important inclusive social protection systems are as fundamental income stabilizers. Yet, we also witnessed the differences in our social protection systems and their inability to adequately protect workers, self-employed, and the inactive population.

The purpose of this high-level event was to gather perspectives from different countries, present new social initiatives, and exchange best practices.
The event featured José Luis Escrivá - Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, Spain
Rolf Schmachtenberg - State Secretary , Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany,
Frank Vandenbroucke - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Belgium, Bea Cantillon - Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology , University of Antwerp
Discussion and Rebecca Christie - Non-resident fellow Bruegel.

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