Ten eerste waren er volgens het meest recente verslag van de Europese Commissie in 2004 ongeveer 100 miljoen EU-burgers, dat betekent 20 procent van de gehele bevolking, die leefden van minder dan 60 procent van het gemiddelde EU-inkomen, wat wil zeggen dat ze van minder dan 15 euro per dag leven.
Firstly, according to the latest European Commission report, in 2004 there were about 100 million EU citizens, that means 20% of the whole population, who were living on less than 60% of the average EU income, meaning they were living on less than 15 euro a day.