93 million Europeans are currently at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The European Commission published its first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, a plan to eradicate poverty by 2050. 👀 Our new briefing paper critically examines its potential to help eradicate poverty in the EU.

1/2🧵 Last month the Commission published the 2026 Spring Package. The Commission's logic: competitiveness & strategic autonomy lead to social resilience and cohesion. At SOLIDAR, we'd flip it: strengthening social rights & cohesion is what makes the EU more competitive and resilient.💪

🌍 From 15–19 June, partners of the ECODE project gathered in Patras, Greece, for a Transnational Meeting hosted by our member @dafnikek.bsky.social !🇬🇷

🎙️In episode 9 of the ENHANCE Podcast, we explore how learners’ voices can meaningfully shape education policy in the EU.

"Send them back" chants in the European Parliament are unacceptable. With 64 civil society organisations, we're calling on President Roberta Metsola to condemn the growing normalisation of racist, anti-migrant and anti-LGBTI rhetoric in Parliament. Zero tolerance for hate speech.

Civil society coalition calls on Metsola to address rise in discriminatory rhetoric in the European Parliament | ILGA-Europe

A coalition of civil society organisations has today urged European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to act against discriminatory rhetoric in the EP.

ilga-europe.org

⏰ The deadline for the Just Transition Award has just been extended! 👉️New deadline: Friday 17th July! If you know someone fighting for a just transition, you now have more time to nominate them: buff.ly/ogwTy3i @socialistanddemocrats.eu @pes.eu @etuc-ces.bsky.social @feps-europe.eu

📣 The June edition of the SOLIDAR Dispatch is out! 💫 In this edition: ✍🏼 Our edito: “Send them back” is not a migration policy. Read SOLIDAR’s reaction on the Return Regulation. 🌍 ”Social Europe is our target”, a high level conference in Porto calling for stronger implementation of the EPSR.

🌍️ Last week, EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss the next long-term EU budget (2028–2034). Negotiations will continue under the Irish Presidency with the aim of reaching an agreement on the MFF by the end of 2027. 1/3🧵

📕 Register for the live talk show with Dipo Faloyin, Nigerian-American author and journalist, as part of FEPS’ participation in the @socialistsanddemocrats.eu Africa Days! bit.ly/LiveTalkShow...

Human rights and peace at risk in Colombia following the presidential election. Press release: www.oidhaco.org/en/human-rig...

🇵🇹 In Porto, at the high-level conference “#SocialEurope is our target”, the “Building an agenda with the people” With: 🔸Marta Iglesias, SOLIDAR & Movement for Peace 🔸Erica Acosta, Casa do Brasil do Lisboa 🔸 @sopreis.bsky.social @eesc.bsky.social 🔸Carlos Roldán, @solidar-eu.bsky.social

Last Friday, Our Social Affairs Policy Officer, Martina Corti, participated in an input session at the @eesc.bsky.social on the upcoming opinion on fighting housing exclusion and homelessness among children, families and young people. 🏠

In this episode of the ENHANCE Podcast, Georg Pirker from the DARE Network joins the conversation on learner participation and inclusion, bringing a strong civil society perspective to the discussion. Listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/4urosvx

🇵🇹 Join us in Porto at "Social Europe is our target" to put social rights back at the heart of the EU! 👉 bit.ly/SocialEurope... 🗣️With contributions from Exe. VP @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social, FEPS Pres. Schmit, PS SecGen Carneiro, MEPs Ceulemans & @gabischoff.bsky.social & form. Eurogroup Pres. Centeno

📣 The May edition of the SOLIDAR Dispatch is here!💫 In this edition: ✍️ Our edito: ''The next EU budget doesn't add up: SOLIDAR and its members take on the MFF.'' 📖 SOLIDAR'S reaction to the Anti-poverty strategy 👉️ Read the full edition here bit.ly/3RYORDe

The EU Commission published its proposed Council Recommendation on fighting housing exclusion. SOLIDAR contributed to the process and has assessed the text: a welcome but imperfect tool. ✅️ Positive on social economy housing & data collection. ⛔️ Missing: rent caps, market regulation, and more.

We just closed the #ENHANCE project, 4 years of Erasmus+-funded work to strengthen adult learners' voices in education and policy across Europe. Final conference takeaway: participation only counts when learners can see what changes as a result. Not one-off consultations. Structural embedding.

🎙️ What does it take for organisations to foster learner participation? In episode 7 of the ENHANCE Podcast, we brought together voices from higher ed. and non-formal learning to explore what works, what doesn't, and what empowering learners really looks like in practice. 🎧https://bit.ly/495YmGu

The EU's first anti-poverty strategy is here. But is it enough? Last week the European Commission published its long-awaited anti-poverty strategy, a landmark moment, given that the EU is dramatically off-track on its own target of lifting 15 million people out of poverty by 2030. 🧵 1/3

🎙️ What does it mean to truly co-create your own learning? New ENHANCE Podcast episode: Nikica reflects on his experience in the Peace Studies program in Zagreb: trust, shared responsibility, and participatory learning in practice. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3OM1ZdT

💬 How can we amplify adult learners' voices in practice and policy? 📢 Join us for the final conference of the #ENHANCE Project online on May 12th 9:30h CET! Read more on the programme and register by May 11th! www.solidar.org/.../enhance-... @aontas.com @solidar-eu.bsky.social

🎙️In this first episode of the ENHANCE Podcast Series, we explore the importance of the learner’s voice, not only as an expression of individual experience, but as a transformative force within communities and learning systems.

The ENHANCE Project Final Conference is almost here. 📅 Tuesday 12 May | 9:30–13:00 CEST | Online Two sessions exploring what authentic learner participation looks like in practice and a roundtable with MEPs & European Commission representatives. Registrations close 11 May 👇 🔗 bit.ly/48XOyOE

🎧 What happens when we bring together the voices of learners, educators, and policymakers, one conversation at a time? Introducing the ENHANCE Podcast Series, a space where different perspectives from across adult learning are shared through individual episodes and reflections. 1/3🧵

🌍 On International Mother Earth Day, it's important to remind ourselves to look after our planet, and create a society that prioritises a sustainable future for all. Storytelling can be a powerful tool to achieve this, but how can it be put into action? 💭🧵

Last week at #PolicyDialogue2026 in Slovenia, we discussed the state of social rights in the country - strong performance in some areas, but important challenges remain. 🏠 Housing affordability 💼 Labour shortages&skills 🌍 Barriers for migrants 🏥 Gaps in healthcare & care systems

Back from Barcelona, more energised than ever! 🌎️✊️ On 17–18 April, SOLIDAR joined the Global Progressive Mobilisation: progressive forces from around the world united around one conviction: the solutions exist, and together we can make them happen.

📢 Two open calls from SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR+! We are looking for two service providers. 1. Learner's Badge System 2. Learning Platform Hub 👉️ Both deadlines: 8 May 2026 🔗 Read the two calls here: bit.ly/4tfj66L

Migration isn't Europe's crisis - it's Europe's reality. And we need facts, not fear, to shape policy. On 17 April in Barcelona, SOLIDAR hosts "Migration: Facts and Narratives" at the Global Progressive Mobilisation. 📣 In-person is sold out but catch the live stream here: bit.ly/4tb5wBp

Migration isn't Europe's crisis - it's Europe's reality. And we need facts, not fear, to shape policy. On April 17 in Barcelona, SOLIDAR hosts "Migration: Facts and Narratives" at the Global Progressive Mobilisation. 📣 In-person is sold out but catch the live stream here: bit.ly/4tb5wBp