European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities – annual report 2026

Tabled by Idoia Mendia, Gabriele Bischoff, Estelle Ceulemans

Added: 3a. Recalls Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment made in 2019 to ensuring that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic of rights, such as healthcare and education, which was followed by the adoption of Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee1a; stresses that the objectives of the European Child Guarantee cannot be achieved without an ambitious dedicated budget at both EU and national level; reiterates, in this context, its call for a substantial dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion for the European Child Guarantee; underlines the urgent need for this dedicated budget to be allocated in the next multiannual financial framework in order to respond to the growing challenge of child poverty and social exclusion; ______________ 1a OJ L 223, 22.6.2021, p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reco/2021/1004/oj.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.984v01-00