Press Release: Presidents of the European Commission, the European Parliament and European Council discuss the fight against poverty and social exclusion with European faith leaders

On 19 July 2010 around twenty senior representatives from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim religions as well as from the Sikh and Hindu communities met in Brussels on the invitation of European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and co-chaired by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament and Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council. They discussed effective ways of combating poverty and social exclusion as an imperative for European governance.

ESO: Background Information: European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (2010) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-european-year-for-combating-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2010/

European Commission: Memo/10/342: Presidents of Commission and Parliament discuss combating poverty and social exclusion with European faith leaders: Participants' list http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/342&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech/10/397: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement, following meeting of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament with religious leaders to discuss how to combat poverty and social exclusion, Press conference, Brussels, 19 July 2010 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/397&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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