Decisive action is required to combat child poverty in the European Union, with current estimates putting quarter of the EU’s infant population – 20 million children – at risk, deputy minister of social welfare Clea Hadjistefanou-Papaellina said on Monday.
“The timing is particularly important, as the first ever EU anti-poverty strategy is to be presented during our Presidency,” she said.
Chairing the council on social policy, consumer affairs, employment and
