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

Tabled by Séverine Werbrouck

9. Removed: Calls for an EU directive on a framework for minimum income schemes, with the purpose of safeguarding the right to a decent life and ensuring that every person in need in the EU is covered by a minimum income scheme; recalls that such a directive, in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, would address gaps in the EU social acquis by contributing to the goals of reducing poverty while fostering the active integration of people who are absent from the labour market; Added: Recalls the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 November 2025 in Case C-19/231a concerning Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages, which held that the determination of pay falls outside the competences conferred on the Union pursuant to Article 153(5) TFEU; stresses, therefore, that any EU action affecting wage formation at national level risks undermining the proper functioning of collective bargaining models; ________________________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 11 November 2025, Kingdom of Denmark v European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, C-19/23 ECLI:EU:C:2025:865.

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