According to this declaration there are currently at least 20 million children and young people in Europe who are at risk of poverty, with a risk that the problem may deepen further through the transmission of poverty to the next generation of children.
Kõnealuse avalduse kohaselt elab Euroopas praegu vähemalt 20 miljonit vaesuse ohus last ja noort, millega kaasneb oht, et probleem süveneb veelgi vaesuse edasiandmise kaudu järgmise põlvkonna lastele.