Photo: FoNetAlmost 7 percent of the population of Serbia lives in absolute poverty, and almost one third is at risk of poverty and social exclusion. These are the data of the Center for Democracy Foundation at the official start of the election campaign
The World Day of Social Justice, February 20, is an occasion to talk about all forms of social vulnerability, including poverty. Thus, the Center for Democracy Foundation (FCD) announced that in Serbia, about 450.000 people, or 6,9 percent of the population, live in absolute poverty.
The population in Serbia is among the poorest in Europe, FCD warns, economic and social inequalities in the country are becoming more and more pronounced, and allocations for social assistance are decreasing year by year.
Apart from 6,9 percent of absolutely poor residents, "about two million or 29,8 percent of Serbian citizens are at risk of poverty and social exclusion," the FCD statement states. They warn that particularly worrying are the data on the poverty of the most vulnerable social groups: the population in rural areas, the unemployed and members of the Roma population.
According to the 2011 census, slightly less than 150.000 Rome, and unofficially, according to data from non-governmental organizations, there are at least three times more. Of all Roma settlements in Serbia, 38 percent of them are not connected to water, and more than 70 percent do not have sewerage.
The Foundation assesses that Serbia does not have a legal and strategic framework to reduce the problem of poverty, and they say that Serbia needs amendments to the Law on Social Protection, as well as the adoption of the Poverty Eradication Strategy and the Social Protection Strategy. On the occasion of the World Day of Social Justice, FCD called on state institutions to enable all citizens of Serbia to live a dignified life.
At the pre-election rally in Merošina, the president of the state and the Serbian Progressive Party, Aleksandar Vučić, said on Saturday that in Serbia, regardless of what is happening in the world, "unlike some other countries, there will be no hunger. "
He said that if there is a conflict, there will be a food shortage in the world. However, "we have enough of everything today", and that we are "increasing oil and gas reserves", and if shortages occur, "we have friends both in the east and in the west", so we will get what we need.
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