Anti-poverty strategies have been on the EU agenda for decades. In 2010, perhaps most saliently, Member States pledged to lift 20 million people out of poverty as part of the ten-year Europe 2020 Strategy. By the end of 2019, it became clear that this headline target was nowhere close to being achieved. In view of the disappointing results of previous EU strategies in combating poverty, a seminar was held on 5 December 2019 at the University of Antwerp to discuss future strategies for social Europe and the role of EU law in contributing to the policy objective of fighting poverty and social exclusion. This Special Issue is the result of that expert seminar. Sections 1 and 2 of this editorial place this Special Issue in context by explaining what led us to discuss the need for a more involved EU in matters of poverty and social exclusion and what has changed since then. Overall, we argue that the underwhelming results of previous EU anti-poverty strategies might point towards the need to do more, also by means of EU law. This need for further action has become as imminent as ever in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. Section 3 presents an outline of the Special Issue and explains how the different contributions relate to each other.

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讨论社会欧洲的战略：欧盟法律在促进欧盟消除贫困和社会排斥的政策目标方面的潜在作用

数十年来，反贫困战略一直在欧盟议程上。2010 年，或许最为突出的是，成员国承诺使 2000 万人摆脱贫困，作为十年欧洲 2020 战略的一部分。到 2019 年底，这一总体目标显然远未实现。鉴于之前欧盟消除贫困战略的结果令人失望，2019 年 12 月 5 日在安特卫普大学举行了一次研讨会，讨论社会欧洲的未来战略以及欧盟法律在促进消除贫困和消除贫困的政策目标方面的作用。社会排斥。本期特刊是该专家研讨会的成果。本社论的第 1 节和第 2 节通过解释是什么促使我们讨论需要让欧盟更多地参与贫困和社会排斥问题以及此后发生的变化，将本特刊置于上下文中。总体而言，我们认为，之前欧盟反贫困战略的平淡结果可能表明需要采取更多措施，也需要借助欧盟法律。在 Covid-19 危机的背景下，这种采取进一步行动的必要性变得和以往一样迫切。第 3 节概述了特刊，并解释了不同贡献之间的关系。在 Covid-19 危机的背景下，这种采取进一步行动的必要性变得和以往一样迫切。第 3 节概述了特刊，并解释了不同贡献之间的关系。在 Covid-19 危机的背景下，这种采取进一步行动的必要性变得和以往一样迫切。第 3 节概述了特刊，并解释了不同贡献之间的关系。