Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1PfEMotion for a resolution (Rule 188(3) of the Rules of Procedure) replacing non-legislative motion for a resolution A10-0260/2025 · European Parliament resolution on developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

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2. Amendment 2ECRMotion for a resolution (Rule 188(3) of the Rules of Procedure) replacing non-legislative motion for a resolution A10-0260/2025 · European Parliament resolution on developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy

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3. Amendment 3Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 35 a (new)
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   35a. Stresses the importance of overcoming administrative obstacles that may prevent vulnerable groups, such as Roma, from accessing essential services and social protection, as these barriers perpetuate and exacerbate poverty and exclusion; underlines that national identification numbers could facilitate equal access to essential services while maintaining administrative clarity and accountability;

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4. Amendment 4Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 48 a (new)
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   48a. Welcomes the recent update of the monitoring framework for the European Child Guarantee1a and the inclusion within the framework of new indicators to improve the effectiveness of monitoring progress in the implementation of this instrument in the Member States; underlines the important role of data collection and monitoring systems in understanding the obstacles faced by vulnerable children and in enabling tailored interventions and resource allocation; calls on the Social Protection Committee to continue its work to improve the monitoring framework in order to maintain its relevance and address remaining data gaps and on Member States to use this common monitoring framework while adapt…

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5. Amendment 5Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 55 a (new)
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   55a. Recalls the EU objective of transitioning from institutional to community or family-based care; recognises the opportunity provided by the anti-poverty strategy to build bridges with the European Child Guarantee, in particular with measures to support the target group of children in institutional care; calls on the Member States to make full use of the ESF+, as well as other relevant European and national funds, in order to finalise the deinstitutionalisation process so as to ensure that children can live in a family or community environment;

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6. Amendment 6Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 31
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   31. Notes that a lack of adequate access to menstrual hygiene products and facilities affects an estimated 10 % of the menstruating population, and disproportionately affects marginalised and vulnerable groups, limiting participation in social, educational and professional life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose comprehensive measures to tackle this, ensuring free or affordable access to menstrual products, including through adequate facilities in the workplace and in schools;

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   31. Recognises menstrual poverty as a structural form of poverty and gender inequality in the EU, affecting an estimated 10 % of the menstruating population; underlines its disproportionate impact on women and girls on low-income, refugees, asylum seekers, young people, homeless people, persons with disabilities, and others in vulnerable situations; stresses that menstrual poverty seriously limits participation in social, educational and professional life; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive action plan as part of the EU anti-poverty strategy, ensuring free or affordable access to menstrual products, information and adequate sanitary facilities, particularly in public places s…

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7. Amendment 7Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 50
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   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; stres…

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   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 thes…

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8. Amendment 8Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 47 a (new)
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   47a. Recalls Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s commitment, in 2019, to ensure that every child in Europe at risk of poverty or social exclusion has access to the most basic of rights, such as healthcare and education, which was followed by the adoption, in 2021, of a Council recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee; 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…

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9. Amendment 9Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 63 a (new)
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   63a. Welcomes the planned coordination between the European affordable housing plan and the upcoming EU anti-poverty strategy; welcomes, furthermore, the focus put on the Housing First approach; underlines that fighting homelessness requires resources at both Member State and EU level; calls for a dedicated budget and a new work plan for the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness under the next European Pillar of Social Rights action plan; calls for the EU ensure the eradication of homelessness by 2030 at the latest;

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10. Amendment 10Motion for a resolution · Recital AG a (new)
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    AGa. whereas according to the European Environment Agency report of 2018 entitled ‘Unequal exposure and unequal impacts’, people experiencing poverty are more likely to live in substandard and energy-inefficient housing located in polluted or environmentally degraded areas, resulting in higher exposure to environmental hazards; whereas this disproportionately affects certain population groups facing structural discrimination, including Roma and Traveller populations, as well as low-paid workers such as cleaning workers, thereby reinforcing health and social inequalities;

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11. Amendment 11Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 46 a (new)
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    46a. Calls on the Commission to include in its anti-poverty strategy an environmental justice agenda that could lead to an environmental justice strategy; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to work on environment-related indicators and data, including on exposure to environmental hazards and on safe, adequate and habitable housing conditions, to enrich the anti-poverty strategy, and to include environmental health considerations, notably those linked to unhealthy or polluted housing conditions, in its efforts to combat poverty;

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12. Amendment 12Motion for a resolution · Recital W a (new)
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    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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13. Amendment 13Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 67
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    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 de…

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    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 de…

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