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REPORT (2024/2084(INI))

On the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025

A-10-2025-0023

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Maravillas Abadía Jover

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The report sets out Parliament's employment and social priorities for the 2025 European Semester, calling for stronger implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its 2030 targets. It urges action on poverty, housing, skills, labour shortages, social dialogue, and the social convergence framework, and asks the Commission for new strategies and directives.

Committee position. The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs proposes a resolution setting out Parliament's employment and social priorities for 2025, calling for stronger social convergence and specific EU actions.

Key points

  1. Calls on the Commission to ensure the 2026 Joint Employment Report analyses implementation of all EPSR principles and the social dimension of national medium-term fiscal structural plans.
  2. Urges Member States to implement updated employment guidelines, invest in skills and training, and address declining educational performance, including through an Action Plan on Basic Skills.
  3. Calls for a quality jobs roadmap and a directive on AI in the workplace to protect workers' rights.
  4. Calls for improved labour mobility, recognition of qualifications, and analysis of the EURES platform.
  5. Urges reinforcement of the Youth Guarantee and investment in vocational education and training, especially for vulnerable groups.
  6. Calls for updated EU Disability Strategy with new initiatives, including a European Disability Employment and Skills Guarantee.
  7. Urges action to reduce Roma employment gap and ensure at least 60% of Roma are in paid work by 2030.
  8. Calls for housing affordability recommendations in the European Semester and an EU regulatory framework for housing.
  9. Calls for a single definition of homelessness, an EU strategy to end homelessness by 2030, and national strategies based on housing solutions.
  10. Calls for the first EU Anti-Poverty Strategy and a framework directive on adequate minimum income.
  11. Calls for an action plan on deinstitutionalisation and a European action plan for mental health, plus a directive on psychosocial risks.
  12. Calls for a legislative proposal on teleworking and the right to disconnect, a European card for large families, and an action plan for single parents.

Who is affected

  • Member States: must implement employment guidelines, invest in skills, housing, and social services, and involve social partners.
  • The Commission: must propose new strategies and directives on AI, mental health, homelessness, and anti-poverty.
  • Social partners: should be involved in designing and implementing employment and social policies.
  • Vulnerable groups: including Roma, persons with disabilities, and children, are targeted for improved employment and social inclusion.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least 78% of people aged 20 to 64 should be in employment by 2030.
  • At least 60% of adults should participate in training every year by 2030.
  • At least 60% of Roma should be in paid work by 2030.
  • Dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion for the European Child Guarantee.
  • At least 5% of ESF+ funds allocated to fighting child poverty.

Legal basis: Article 3 TEU; Articles 9, 121, 148 and 149 TFEU