Press Release: Poverty: Commission proposes new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived

The European Commission has proposed to set up a Fund to help the most deprived persons in the EU. The Fund would support Member State schemes providing food to the most deprived people and clothing and other essential goods to homeless people and materially-deprived children. The proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the European Union's Council of Ministers for approval.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Memo/12/800: Poverty: Commission proposes new Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived - frequently asked questions http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-800_en.htm

European Commission: Speech/12/759: László Andor: Proposed Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-759_en.htm

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