Implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee

Tabled by Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Estelle Ceulemans, Gabriele Bischoff

Added: 12a. Recalls Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment in 2019 to ensuring that every child in the EU at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic of rights like healthcare and education, which was followed by the adoption of a Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee in 2021; 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;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.230