Press Release: Reinforcing the social dimension of the growth and jobs strategy – new report

The EU's strategy for growth and jobs must pay more attention to social cohesion goals in the future, concluded a new report presented by the European Commission on 29 September 2009. The report from the Social Protection Committee – which brings together experts from each EU country – found that social protection systems have helped shield Europeans from the worst effects of the financial crisis. But it concluded that social protection alone is not enough to prevent poverty and exclusion, calling for more emphasis on goals such as fighting child poverty and promoting active inclusion. Further modernisation of social protection needs to be fully articulated with growth and jobs strategies.

European Commission: MEMO/09/422: Report on the social dimension of the growth and jobs strategy http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/422&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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