Tag: Poverty
France: have the public authorities abandoned the working classes?
A date that marks: the Restos du coeur are launching their 40th food distribution campaign this Tuesday. In France, poverty is increasing, the working classes are expanding, and the authorities…
G20 leaders agree to cooperate to effectively tax billionaires | News in brief
G20 leaders agreed at a summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that started on Monday, to work together to ensure that the world’s billionaires are taxed effectively. The leaders of…
In Nantes, one of the largest slums in France must be evacuated
In Nantes, between 700 and 1000 Romanians live in extremely precarious conditions in a former recycling center. It is one of the largest slums in France. But the metropolis wants…
The Abbé Pierre Foundation confirms that it will “change its name, no fight”
The Abbé Pierre Foundation reaffirms on Wednesday November 6 its decision to change its name, after the series of revelations of sexual accusations targeting the priest who died in 2007,…
The Sweden of the super-rich is becoming more unequal, the report shows – “The rich don’t need to look at prices” | Foreign countries
STOCKHOLM Caregiver With Fatima Boubker has a tomato in his hand that he can afford. Boubker is shopping in the suburbs, where he travels once a week for cheaper vegetables.…
How “neoliberalism” has reduced poverty in the world – L’Express
In the modern world, poverty remains a complex issue, often defined and measured in different ways depending on social and political contexts. While some view it as an absolute financial…
World Poverty Day: thousands of Utrecht residents together at the table during City Dinner
Thousands of Utrecht residents will sit at the table for the fifth time tonight as one big family during The Great Utrecht City Dinner. The initiative coincides with World Poverty…
Star academy: minimum salary, poverty salaries… The candidates hired lawyers to defend their rights
The Star Academy is back on TF1, with renewed promotion and perhaps better remuneration conditions… The castle of Dammarie-les-Lys is finally reopening its doors to welcome around fifteen new talents!…
Fighting poverty could prove beneficial for the French economy
One day before the presentation of the 2025 draft budget which provides for significant cuts in state spending, a collective of around thirty associations is publishing a report on the…
Senior poverty in France: “An aggravating factor in social isolation”
Two million people over 60 live below the poverty line in France. According to the annual report of the association Les Petits Frères des Poors, 69% of poor seniors deprive…