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The cumulative effects of unemployment and austerity have led to a resurgence of poverty in Europe and a loss of prosperity for the middle classes.

A large number of EU countries have seen increasing numbers of people falling below the poverty line in recent years. Between 2009 and 2013 an additional 7.5 million people, across 27 EU countries, were classified as living with severe material deprivation, with 19 countries registering an increased level. In many countries unemployment remains very high, even as many of those lucky enough to have work see their incomes stagnate or fall to poverty-wage levels. Women, young people and migrants are the groups most likely to be poor.

Poverty in the EU is not an issue of scarcity, but a problem of how resources – income and wealth – are shared. Credit Suisse estimates that the richest one percent of Europeans (including non-EU countries) hold almost a third of the region’s wealth, while the bottom 40 percent of the population share less than one percent of Europe’s total net wealth.

In other words: the richest seven million people in Europe have the same amount of wealth as the poorest 662 million people (including non-EU countries).

 

E as medidas propostas…

·       Strengthen institutional democracy

      ·       Re-invest in public services
      ·       Guarantee decent work and wages
      ·       Tax justice

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