On Thursday, 4 March, the European Commission presented the Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights[1]. The EU Alliance for Investing in Children is convinced that a strong Social Europe needs to start by investing in its children.…

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…