INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2028 to 2034

Tabled by João Oliveira, Anthony Smith, Valentina Palmisano, Manon Aubry, Damien Carême, Estrella Galán, Marina Mesure, Leila Chaibi, Arash Saeidi

38. Removed: Calls Added: Expresses deep concern that the lack of ring-fenced funding for the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Added: renders the 14 % social target purely aspirational rather than binding; strongly maintains the view that this structural flaw exposes social policies to constant budgetary pressure, thereby eroding the fund’s specific purpose; calls, therefore, for the ESF+ to remain a stand-alone and separate programme Added: outside the NRPP with a dedicated financial envelope of EUR Removed: 124.19 Added: 198 billion in current prices (equivalent to EUR Removed: 110.73 Added: 177 billion in 2025 constant prices) for promoting upwards social convergence, quality employment … that the ESF remains a key financing instrument for investing in education, Removed: employment Added: employment, quality job creation, quality working conditions, and reinforcing the workforce and skills development, fostering equality and providing for people in vulnerable situations …

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.221v01-00