One of the key targets of the EU's 2020 Strategy is to substantially reduce the number of
people at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The EU seeks to reduce poverty by lifting at
least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion by 2020. The monitoring
of progress towards this target is based on the headline indicator AROPE–people at risk of
poverty or social exclusion. The indicator applies to people either at risk of poverty or
severely materially deprived or living in a household with a very low work intensity. This …

One of the key targets of the EU's 2020 Strategy is to substantially reduce the number of
people at risk of poverty or social exclusion. The EU seeks to reduce poverty by lifting at
least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion by 2020. The monitoring
of progress towards this target is based on the headline indicator AROPE–people at risk of
poverty or social exclusion. The indicator applies to people either at risk of poverty or
severely materially deprived or living in a household with a very low work intensity. This …