Freek Spinnewijn
@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social
Director of FEANTSA (www.feantsa.org)
Posting on #homelessness, housing & EU social policy
Posting on #homelessness, housing & EU social policy
June 5, 2026 at 6:13 AM
April 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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In de VS valt voor Conner Rousseau best wel wat te leren
Op welke planeet is het een goed idee om de armoede vandaag te doen stijgen, om ze dan morgen weer te doen dalen?, vraagt Wim Van Lancker, professor sociaal beleid aan de KU Leuven, zich af in het deb...
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February 23, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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From the 1960's. Only got worse..
February 20, 2026 at 1:49 PM
From the 1960's. Only got worse..
I don't envy the chair...
February 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I don't envy the chair...
I heard Greg Bovino is available... 😱
#EUAsylum&MigrationManagementStrategy
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#EUAsylum&MigrationManagementStrategy
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January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I heard Greg Bovino is available... 😱
#EUAsylum&MigrationManagementStrategy
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#EUAsylum&MigrationManagementStrategy
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Trump Has Abandoned the World www.socialeurope.eu/trump-has-ab...
Trump Has Abandoned the World
Gordon Brown emphasizes that America’s withdrawal from 66 international organizations is at odds with global public opinion.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Trump Has Abandoned the World www.socialeurope.eu/trump-has-ab...
EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean meets US politicians and officials on democracy.
I am confused...
I am confused...
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean meets US politicians and officials on democracy.
I am confused...
I am confused...
This is ridiculous! How can anybody with basic understanding of poverty make such silly call? Totally undermines relevance of the European Parliament.
From list of compromise amendments to EP report on EU Anti-Poverty Strategy to be voted this week in EMPL.
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
From list of compromise amendments to EP report on EU Anti-Poverty Strategy to be voted this week in EMPL.
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is ridiculous! How can anybody with basic understanding of poverty make such silly call? Totally undermines relevance of the European Parliament.
From list of compromise amendments to EP report on EU Anti-Poverty Strategy to be voted this week in EMPL.
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
From list of compromise amendments to EP report on EU Anti-Poverty Strategy to be voted this week in EMPL.
www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
Reposted by Freek Spinnewijn
Housing, homelessness, deinstitutionalisation.
@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social talks to Inclusion Europe Radio about these issues and what are the connections to disability rights
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@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social talks to Inclusion Europe Radio about these issues and what are the connections to disability rights
www.inclusion.eu/housing-home...
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Housing, homelessness, deinstitutionalisation.
@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social talks to Inclusion Europe Radio about these issues and what are the connections to disability rights
www.inclusion.eu/housing-home...
@freekspinnewijn.bsky.social talks to Inclusion Europe Radio about these issues and what are the connections to disability rights
www.inclusion.eu/housing-home...
"... over 100 people inside the Commission are working on the (staff) review"
Says it all, no?!
www.euractiv.com/news/overloa...
Says it all, no?!
www.euractiv.com/news/overloa...
'Overloaded' EU officials demand fewer working hours | Euractiv
Commission staff complain of 'extreme' workload, as 32,000-strong institution braces for review
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November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"... over 100 people inside the Commission are working on the (staff) review"
Says it all, no?!
www.euractiv.com/news/overloa...
Says it all, no?!
www.euractiv.com/news/overloa...
The European Parliament rapporteur on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy Joao Oliveira wants the EU to end poverty by 2035 - at the latest!!
Good to have commitments but if they are nonsensical they only do harm to the cause…
#BeReal
Good to have commitments but if they are nonsensical they only do harm to the cause…
#BeReal
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The European Parliament rapporteur on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy Joao Oliveira wants the EU to end poverty by 2035 - at the latest!!
Good to have commitments but if they are nonsensical they only do harm to the cause…
#BeReal
Good to have commitments but if they are nonsensical they only do harm to the cause…
#BeReal
Only in the EU social policy bubble such a sentence makes sense.
After 25 years in @feantsa.bsky.social I still have to meet the first homeless person who is not affected by poverty... ;-)
After 25 years in @feantsa.bsky.social I still have to meet the first homeless person who is not affected by poverty... ;-)
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Only in the EU social policy bubble such a sentence makes sense.
After 25 years in @feantsa.bsky.social I still have to meet the first homeless person who is not affected by poverty... ;-)
After 25 years in @feantsa.bsky.social I still have to meet the first homeless person who is not affected by poverty... ;-)
In NRC las ik het volgende interessante artikel: "Het basisinkomen blijkt níét de manier om mensen uit de armoede te trekken": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Het basisinkomen blijkt níét de manier om mensen uit de armoede te trekken
Sociaal-economische onderzoeken: Al jaren pleiten denkers en politici voor een basisinkomen. Experimenten tonen echter aan dat het geven van gratis geld niet leidt tot minder armoede, een betere gezon...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In NRC las ik het volgende interessante artikel: "Het basisinkomen blijkt níét de manier om mensen uit de armoede te trekken": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
