Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

4.2.2026 A10-0260/7

Amendment 7

Martine Kemp, Alexander Bernhuber, Alice Teodorescu Måwe, Angelika Niebler, Angelika Winzig, Arba Kokalari, Christian Doleschal, Daniel Caspary, Esteban González Pons, Esther Herranz García, Giusi Princi, Henrik Dahl, Javier Zarzalejos, Jessica Polfjärd, Lena Düpont, Lukas Mandl, Maravillas Abadía Jover, Markus Ferber, Miriam Lexmann, Monika Hohlmeier, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, Norbert Lins, Radan Kanev, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Sabine Verheyen, Sérgio Humberto, Sophia Kircher, Stefan Köhler, Tomas Tobé, Zala Tomašič, Dirk Gotink, Christophe Gomart, Jörgen Warborn, Fernando Navarrete Rojas, Loucas Fourlas, Dolors Montserrat, Niels Geuking, Jan Farský, Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak, Verena Mertens, Isabelle Le Callennec, Pekka Toveri, Flavio Tosi, Davor Ivo Stier, Hélder Sousa Silva, Gheorghe Falcă, Reinhold Lopatka, Marco Falcone, Michael Gahler, Herbert Dorfmann, Andrey Kovatchev, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, David Casa, Loránt Vincze, Paulius Saudargas, Andrea Wechsler, Oliver Schenk, Christine Schneider, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Hildegard Bentele, Daniel Buda, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Tomáš Zdechovský, Matej Tonin, Łukasz Kohut, Jeroen Lenaers, Paulo Cunha, Lídia Pereira, Jens Gieseke, Andreas Schwab, Borja Giménez Larraz, François-Xavier Bellamy, Susana Solís Pérez, Sunčana Glavak, Siegfried Mureşan, Alexandra Mehnert

Report A10-0260/2025

João Oliveira

Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

(2025/2095(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 50

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
50. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the European Child Guarantee has a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion in the 2028-2034 MFF, implemented through the ESF+, in order to respond to the growing challenges of child poverty and social exclusion, and for the Member States to allocate at least 5 % of ESF+ funds to specific projects and structural investments combating child poverty, with at least 10 % earmarked for the Member States with child poverty and social exclusion levels exceeding the EU average; emphasises that this investment in the next generation, in addition to ensuring the well-being of children, is a sound investment that would prevent future societal costs61; stresses that the use of these funds should be transparent and require the involvement of social organisations in their planning, implementation and evaluation;	50. Calls on the Commission to ensure the allocation of a substantial dedicated budget to the European Child Guarantee, implemented through the ESF+, in order to respond to the growing challenges of child poverty and social exclusion, and for the Member States to allocate at least 5 % of ESF+ funds to specific projects and structural investments combating child poverty, with at least 10 % earmarked for the Member States with child poverty and social exclusion levels exceeding the EU average; emphasises that this investment in the next generation, in addition to ensuring the well-being of children, is a sound investment that would prevent future societal costs61; stresses that the use of these funds should be transparent and require the involvement of social organisations in their planning, implementation and evaluation;
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61 European Commission, ‘Update of the EU framework for monitoring the implementation of the European Child Guarantee’, 2 June 2025.	61 European Commission, ‘Update of the EU framework for monitoring the implementation of the European Child Guarantee’, 2 June 2025.

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