Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

4.2.2026 A10-0260/12

Amendment 12

Eric Sargiacomo, Estelle Ceulemans, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Camilla Laureti, Anthony Smith, Thomas PellerinCarlin, Claire Fita, Alicia Homs Ginel, Murielle Laurent, Idoia Mendia, Marko Vešligaj, Cristina Guarda, Leila Chaibi, DanŞtefan Motreanu, Christophe Clergeau, Arash Saeidi, André Rodrigues, Emma Rafowicz, Thomas Waitz, Lena Schilling, Pierre Jouvet, Cristina Maestre, Tsvetelina Penkova, Udo Bullmann, Gabriela Firea, Benedetta Scuderi, Ana Miranda Paz, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Raphaël Glucksmann, Nikolas Farantouris, Dario Tamburrano, David Cormand, Aurore Lalucq, Maria Walsh, Jens Geier, Nora Mebarek, Maria Noichl, Chloé Ridel, Marie Toussaint, Leoluca Orlando, Kristian Vigenin, Manon Aubry, Marco Tarquinio, Jaume Asens Llodrà, François Kalfon, JeanMarc Germain, Mélissa Camara, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Marta Temido, Martin Hojsík, Giuseppe Lupo, Brando Benifei, Matjaž Nemec, Stefano Bonaccini, Elio Di Rupo, Bruno Tobback, Marit Maij, Lucia Yar, Thomas Bajada, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Valérie Devaux, Hristo Petrov, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Cecilia Strada, Leire Pajín, Emma Fourreau, Elena Sancho Murillo, José Cepeda, Damien Carême, Lara Wolters, Ciaran Mullooly, Rima Hassan, Radan Kanev, Daniel Buda, Loránt Vincze, IoanRareş Bogdan, MirceaGheorghe Hava, VirgilDaniel Popescu, Giuseppe Antoci, Yannis Maniatis, Tiemo Wölken

Report A10-0260/2025

João Oliveira

Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

(2025/2095(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Recital W a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Wa. whereas in 2024 around 8 % of Europeans were unable to afford a balanced meal including meat, fish or a vegetarian equivalent every two days, representing around 36 million people across the Union, with the issue particularly acute among single people, students and young adults, low-income families and immigrants; whereas effective access to food should be considered a fundamental human right, as requested by an ongoing European Citizens’ Initiative;

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4.2.2026 A10-0260/13

Amendment 13

Report A10-0260/2025

João Oliveira

Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

(2025/2095(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 67

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
67. Stresses that the anti-poverty strategy will only deliver results if accompanied by adequate funding at EU and national level; insists on the need to safeguard and strengthen cohesion policy in order to continue supporting economic, social and territorial cohesion and combating asymmetries between and within the Member States of the EU under the next MFF; calls, in this regard, for an adequate and ring-fenced allocation of funds to reinforce policies that contribute to eradicating poverty, including targeted support for marginalised and vulnerable groups; highlights the essential role of the ESF+ in promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, notably by providing aid to the most deprived and the European Child Guarantee, as well as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund in this context; stresses the importance of optimising the use of EU funds, including the Recovery and Resilience Facility, to finance concrete anti-poverty measures such as affordable and energy-efficient housing, access to quality early childhood education and care, accessible public transport and targeted energy support for low-income households;	67. Stresses that the anti-poverty strategy will only deliver results if accompanied by adequate funding at EU and national level; insists on the need to safeguard and strengthen cohesion policy in order to continue supporting economic, social and territorial cohesion and combating asymmetries between and within the Member States of the EU under the next MFF; calls, in this regard, for an adequate and ring-fenced allocation of funds to reinforce policies that contribute to eradicating poverty, including targeted support for marginalised and vulnerable groups; highlights the essential role of the ESF+ in promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, notably by providing aid to the most deprived and the European Child Guarantee, as well as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund in this context; stresses the importance of optimising the use of EU funds, including the Recovery and Resilience Facility, to finance concrete anti-poverty measures such as affordable and energy-efficient housing, access to quality early childhood education and care, such as through the EU school scheme, accessible public transport and targeted energy support for low-income households; stresses the need to ensure a dedicated and sufficiently resourced allocation of funds for food banks that provide material support, including food aid, so that they have adequate operational capacity and the ability to respond swiftly to rising levels of food insecurity and material deprivation; underlines that such support must be complemented by accompanying measures that foster social inclusion and pathways out of poverty in line with ESF+ rules;

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