What changed

From · Plenary report · 8 Apr 2026 A-10-2026-0083 on advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

To · Adopted text · 21 May 2026 TA-10-2026-0190 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Drops a paragraph on fiscal support for hiring help to share care responsibilities. #9 Removes the specific EUR 20 billion figure for the European Child Guarantee, now asking for a substantial budget. #11 The other changes are formal: decimal points replaced with commas and a minor rephrasing. #1 #2 #3 #4

2 changes of substance, plus 9 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

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Change #9 Substance

Drops paragraph 27 that recognised the importance of providing families with the option of hiring support through a Member State fiscal system.

~~27. Recognises the importance of providing families, through a Member State fiscal system, with the option of hiring support in a responsible and transparent way to share care responsibilities;~~

Change #11 Substance

Changes the call for a dedicated budget of EUR 20 billion to a call for a substantial budget without a specified amount.

~~56.~~55. Calls on the Member States to invest in a care economy and to implement the Council recommendations on the revision of the Barcelona targets on early childhood education and care and on access to affordable high-quality long-term care under the EU care strategy, and to include in their implementation reports the identification of good practices, gaps and progress mapping, together with strategies to encourage greater participation of men in the care sector, and to address undeclared care work, identifying the main drivers and proposing tailored solutions; calls on the Commission to ensure that the European Child Guarantee has clear objectives and priorities, with the allocation of ~~an ambitious dedicated budget of EUR~~a 20substantial ~~billion,~~budget, and encourages the Commission and the Member States to ensure affordable, high-quality and accessible care services for early childhood care and eldercare;