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22 October 2025

Le Monde: Opinion: Olivier De Schutter, UN Rapporteur on extreme poverty: “The stigmatization of people in poverty increases feelings of anxiety and economic insecurity”

22 October 2025

EUobserver: Opinion: Europe’s punitive welfare systems are fuelling the far-right

22 October 2025

La Vanguardia: UN expert warns that cuts to social protection are “fueling” the “rise of the far right”

22 October 2025

L’Avenir : Les coupes dans la protection sociale “font le jeu de l’extrême droite, qui cherche à exploiter le mécontentement”, selon un expert belge

22 October 2025

CNN: Welfare cuts are fueling the rise of the far right globally, the UN finds

22 October 2025

Radio France: Journal de 12h30: Outcry over social benefits

22 October 2025

Radio France: Culture de l’info: Social protection — a coalition of associations takes legal action against the State over RSA reform

22 October 2025

Mediapart: Olivier De Schutter: “The far right gains ground where people feel abandoned”

22 October 2025

The Wire: Global Rise of Right-Wing Populism is Linked To Decline in Social Protections: UN Special Rapporteur

22 October 2025

Washington Post: The decline of the welfare state has boosted the rise of the far right

22 October 2025

The Guardian: Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

17 October 2025

Podcast: New Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Shared Goals podcast episode with UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights to mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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