In most European countries, the average income of people over 65 is lower than that of the total population, according to the OECD. In several cases, elderly incomes fall below 80% of the national ...

In 2025, 92.7 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This equals 20.9% of the total population, or almost one in five people. Risk of poverty or social exclusion rates ...

As energy prices soar, advocates worry that Europe’s policy for how to deal with it is spread out across too many sectoral ...

According to the report prepared by Pierre-Alain Fridez and adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, nearly 385 million children have been ...

Europe’s energy crisis is taking a toll on consumers. Heating bills have soared, pushing millions into energy poverty. Bulgaria has been the hardest hit, while Switzerland and Norway have been able to ...

Energy poverty continues to be a topic of discussion across Europe, as households navigate varying levels of access to adequate heating, cooling, and lighting. Recent indicators suggest some ...

Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, the number of children suffering from poverty in the EU increased by 19 percent, or close to 1 million. Left ...

Comparing economies and poverty is challenging, as different measures can lead to different results. Olivier Sterck, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, has developed a ...

When temperatures elevate in Europe, political rhetoric rises even faster. Within days of the June 2026 heat wave, familiar voices rushed to assign blame. John Kerry, speaking to the BBC, labeled the ...