The “Homeless People in European Stations” project was launched on Tuesday in Brussels-Central station by Philippe Courard, Secretary of State for Social Integration and Combating Poverty, in partnership with SNCB-Holding and the “La Strada” centre, which supports those working with the homeless in Brussels. The European project involves seven countries but is of particular importance in Belgium under the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, all the more so as 2010 has been declared “European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion”. Seven countries, all seeking how best to tackle the problem of homelessness, are associated with the European project: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and Luxembourg.