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

Added: 38a. Considers that the success of the strategy to combat poverty with a view to its eradication depends, among other matters, on it receiving a suitable level of funding, for which the EU budget must be drawn on; calls for the creation, within the European Social Fund+, of a specific funding line for the eradication of poverty, amounting to at least EUR 50 billion; takes the view that this specific funding for eradicating poverty does not preclude the disbursement of amounts from other funds or programmes geared towards objectives directly or indirectly related to poverty, particularly in the areas of housing, child and youth protection, migration and combating inequality and discrimination;

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