A milestone in EU budget talks, Thursday 28 January 2021 also marked a historical day for children’s rights in the EU[1]. The EU’s co-legislators reached an agreement on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) which for the first time, includes…

On 11 December, the Presidency Trio of Portugal, Slovenia and Germany published a Joint Declaration on overcoming child and family poverty and social exclusion. The document is co-signed by the Ministers of the EPSCO Council and represents a crucial step forward…

Introduction Child poverty is unacceptable. When the European Pillar of Social Rights was proclaimed in 2017, 24,9% of children in the EU were children growing up at risk of poverty or social exclusion[1].  That is 1 in 4 children[2], in…

On 19 August, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the Roadmap for the Child Guarantee. The EU Alliance for Investing in Children welcomes the commitment and progress of the European Commission towards the development of the Child Guarantee.…