In Spain, food aid queues grow as poverty outpaces 2008 crisis
Accepting food handouts has become reality for thousands in Spain where poverty has soared during the pandemic, echoing the 2008 crisis from which many have barely recovered
Pandemic could make another 25 million jobless: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic is also an economic crisis which will slash incomes and leave millions out of work, the United Nations says
EU rich-poor divide widens but still a worldwide low
Although the rich-poor gap has widened over the past decades, the European Union is a world leader in fighting inequality, experts say.
117.5 million people at risk of poverty in 2016: EU
More than 117 million people (or 23.4% of the population) in EU member countries are living at risk of poverty in 2016, according to Eurostat.