Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

Social participation options for European Union citizens have been improved for the first time since 2008, due to the recovery of the labour market. However, not everyone benefited from this, and the risk of poverty remains high in numerous states, particularly in the south of Europe, warns the Bertelsmann Foundation.

Europe is gradually recovering from the economic and financial crisis due to the market growth trend, and significantly more people are employed today than during peak crisis in 2013, as assessed in an original text written for EurActiv.com by Daniel Schraad-Tischler and Christof Schiller from the Bertelsmann Foundation.

However, the share of full-time workers who cannot live from their work has increased slightly. Furthermore, children and young people in particular benefitted very little from the economic recovery. The share of young people at risk of poverty or social exclusion is particularly high in crisis-struck countries in the south of Europe, concluded Schraad-Tischler and Schiller, the authors of the 2016 Social Justice Index of the Bertelsmann Foundation.

The annual Social Justice Index has been used since 2008 to measure opportunities for social participation of citizens from the 28 EU member states.

Source: EurActiv.rs