One child out of five within the European Unit is at risk of poverty. It is one of the findings of the Joint Report on protection and social inclusion in the EU, submitted in Brussels today. The vast document reviews the "integrated national policies of the member states about inclusion, pension schemes, health care" and other "sensitive" indicators. The 2008 report lingers on children’s poverty, elderly workers and unfair treatment in each country and within the states in the area of health care. According to the report, 19% of the children (2006) are threatened by poverty, measured in terms of disposable family income and services. The best situation (income, children’s opportunities) is that of Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Cyprus, Germany and Belgium. The most worrying countries are instead Italy, Lithuania, Hungary and Romania (25% of children at risk of poverty); last of the "list" are Latvia and Poland (26%).
