EUROPEAN YEAR FOR COMBATING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION (2010)


Strasbourg, 22 October 2008: Marie Panayotopoulos - Cassiotou MEP, Hans-Gert Poettering MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), President of the European Parliament, and Jan Andersson MEP

22/10/2008: The Codecision file on "European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (2010) " was signed by President Poettering together with the French Presidency, in presence of Mrs Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou and Mr Jan Andersson, in Strasbourg. Mrs Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee, was the draftswoman for the above mentioned report which was adopted by the European Parliament on 17 June with large majority and recently received final approval by the Council.

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Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP
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E-mail: marie.panayotopoulos-cassiotou@europarl.europa.eu