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A-10-2025-0014 → TA-10-2025-0027
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- A-10-2025-0014 Plenary report of 21 Feb 2025
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- TA-10-2025-0027 Adopted text of 11 Mar 2025
- Changes
- 10 changes to the text
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- +4 added · −9 removed · 11 changed
More facts (3)
- Dossier
- 2024/2077(INI)
- Title (from)
- on the European Social Fund Plus post-2027
- Title (to)
- European Social Fund Plus post-2027
AI: What changed, in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Shifts emphasis on housing and child poverty to Member State responsibility under subsidiarity, while retaining EU support.567 Removes calls for new directives on work-related issues and social conditionalities in procurement.910 Other changes are formal: decimal points replaced with commas in percentages.2348
The notes class 5 changes as substance, 4 as formal, 1 as wording only.
Changes that matter, 10
Changes to the text in document order — the ones the change notes describe. Cover page, renumbering and punctuation-only edits are left out (see “Every difference”); changes to citations and references stay in and are marked as formal in the notes.
Change 1
ChangedE. whereas different people in vulnerable situations have different needs, such as children, single parent and large families, women in poverty, unemployed people and those in precarious jobs, migrants, labour migrants and victims of human trafficking, children, persons with disabilities, young and elderly people, homeless people and Roma people; whereas the digital and green transition is much needed and brings many opportunities but also challenges for everyone, such as the digital skills gap and the digital gender divide, and the need to reskill the workforce, and whereas to succeed in this endeavour, the EU must ensure a just transition that does not leave anyone behind; whereas there are people in vulnerable situations in the EU who are left on the margins of social policies and ESF+ funded programmes; whereas extraordinary efforts and structural changes are needed to reach all people in vulnerable situations and to prevent the number of people in these situations from increasing;
AI: Note on change 1 · wording only Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Removes a duplicate mention of children in the list of vulnerable groups.
Change 2
ChangedF. whereas around 100 million people in the EU have some form of disability; whereas only half of persons with disabilities are employed; whereas 28.828,8 % of persons with disabilities are at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas persons with disabilities living in the EU continue to face multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination in all areas of their life, including the denial of decent accommodation; whereas persons with disabilities are entitled to enjoy their fundamental rights on an equal basis and are entitled to full and effective participation in all areas of life and society;
AI: Note on change 2 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Replaces decimal points with commas in percentages for consistency with EU style.
Change 3
ChangedG. whereas 22.322,3 % of women live in poverty, compared to 20.320,3 % of men, and whereas women continue to be more affected by poverty and the risk of social exclusion than men; whereas women in the EU earn 12.712,7 % less than men on average and this gender pay gap has over decades resulted in a 29.529,5 % gender pension gap, creating an unequal level of economic independence between elderly women and men; whereas almost half of single mothers live in poverty or are at risk of poverty or social exclusion;
AI: Note on change 3 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Replaces decimal points with commas in percentages for consistency with EU style.
Change 4
ChangedH. whereas in 2023, 94.694,6 million people in the EU, some 21.421,4 % of the population, were living in households at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with an at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate of 24.824,8 % for the EU-27; whereas in 2020, approximately 14 % of households with children (7.8(7,8 million households) consisted of single parents; whereas almost half (48 %) of single mothers and a third (32 %) of single fathers are at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas almost one in four children in the EU as a whole is therefore at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas the youth unemployment rate in the EU is nearly 15 %; whereas being unemployed, in particular at a young age, can lead to financial problems, as well as social isolation, mental health issues and less happiness;
AI: Note on change 4 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Replaces decimal points with commas in percentages for consistency with EU style.
Change 5
ChangedJ. whereas the availability and affordability of decent housing is decreasingdecreasing; becausewhereas housing is primarily a competence of the Member States, in line with the principle of subsidiarity; whereas the reasons thatbehind the current housing situation may differ from one Member State to another, such as over-liberalisation of the market, real-estate speculation, unregulated short-term rentals, the drop in purchasing power of people in poverty and the lack of social and public housing, and is one of the major challenges Europeans are facing today; whereas we are far from reaching the target of ending homelessness by 2030; whereas the EU will have its first ever Commissioner for tackling the housing crises, and the first ever European affordable and sustainable housing plan is expected in 2025; whereas homeless children should be specifically targeted in this plan; whereas such proposals, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, need to go hand in hand with national measures in order to improve access to sustainable and affordable housing and the quality of everyday life, such as measures concerning short-stay rentals or other market interventions in highly stressed areas;
AI: Note on change 5 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Adds that housing is primarily a Member State competence and clarifies reasons for housing issues, emphasizing subsidiarity.
Change 6
ChangedK. whereas one child in four is still at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU, and whereas the current trend will not meet the target of reducing the number of children in poverty by at least 5 million by 2030; whereas the European Child Guarantee aims to prevent and combat child poverty and the social exclusion of children in need, by guaranteeing effective and free access to high-quality early childhood education and care, education, school-based activities, at least one free healthy meal each school day, as well as healthcare, and effective access to healthy nutrition and adequate housing; whereas the Executive Vice-President of the Commission for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness is responsible for strengthening the Child Guarantee; whereas ESF+ resources alone are not sufficient for addressing the challenge of child poverty in the EU and, therefore, ain significantline increasewith inthe fundingsubsidiarity forprinciple, thethis Europeanmatter Childshould Guaranteebe asaddressed wellurgently by the Member States as synergiesa withmatter otherof Europeanpriority and nationalthe fundsexchange areand coordination of best practices should be enhanced, while being complemented by the utmostESF+ importance;at EU level;
AI: Note on change 6 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Rewords to stress that addressing child poverty is a Member State responsibility under subsidiarity, with EU support via ESF+ and best practice exchange.
Change 7
Changed24. Stresses that addressing child poverty requires appropriately funded, comprehensive and integrated measures, together with the efficient implementation of the European Child Guarantee at national level, and insists thaton itthe constitutesneed, ain centralline pillarwith ofthe subsidiarity principle, for the EUMember anti-povertyStates strategy;to repeatsaddress itsthis previousmatter demandsurgently forwith therobust ESF+budgetary post-2027resources financialand envelopestands ready to includeenhance athe dedicatedcoordination budgetand exchange of best practices at leastEU EURlevel 20while billioncontinuing forto theprovide Europeancomplementary Childsupport Guarantee;through insiststhe ESF+; insists, furthermore, that all the Member States should allocate at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to tackling child poverty and those Member States with a rate of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion above the EU average should allocate a higher amount to tackle the problem more effectively; insists on transparent and efficient use of the European Child Guarantee budget as close to the target groups as possible and in cooperation with whole spectrum of stakeholders and local organisations;
AI: Note on change 7 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Rewords to emphasize Member States' primary role in addressing child poverty, while retaining EU support and coordination.
Change 8
Changed30. Calls for the strengthening of efforts to support the implementation of the Youth Guarantee; urges the Commission to propose an increased earmarking beyond the current 12.512,5 % of their ESF+ resources for all Member States to support the targeted actions and structural reforms to support quality youth employment, vocational education and training, in particular traineeships and apprenticeships, and the transition from school to work, pathways to reintegrate into education or training and second chance education; repeats, in this context, its call on the Member States to ban exploitative practices, including unpaid traineeships; emphasises the need for monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure its long-term impact and effectiveness;
AI: Note on change 8 · formal Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Replaces decimal point with comma in percentage for consistency with EU style.
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Change 9
Changed33. Recalls that the ESF+ should also aim to provide a healthy and well-adapted working environment in order to respond to health risks related to changing forms of work, and the needs of the ageing workforce; stresses that the pandemic has accelerated new realities and the rise of new forms of work brought by digitalisation, including artificial intelligence (AI), that have affected workers’ occupational safety and health; calls, in this light, for support and sufficient funding for a directive on the right to disconnect and teleworking rules, a directive on AI in the workplace and a Directive on psychosocial risks and well-being at work, as well as increased funding to ensure effective work on the protection of workers against dangerous and harmful substances;
AI: Note on change 9 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Drops calls for directives on right to disconnect, AI in workplace, and psychosocial risks, focusing instead on funding for protection against dangerous substances.
Change 10
Changed41. Calls for rules governing the ESF+ to allow public money to be allocated only to those employers that respect workers’ rights and the applicable rules on working conditions; calls, further, for more effective social conditionalities in rules on public procurement and concessions; encourages the Commission to create a comprehensive database, supplementing the Eurostat data, to allow for the timely and reliable monitoring of developments in employment, living conditions and industrial relations;
AI: Note on change 10 · substance Written by AI from the official text — check the source · deepseek-v4-flash · 4 Sept 2026
Drops call for more effective social conditionalities in public procurement and concessions.
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European Parliament (2025). “Changes between A-10-2025-0014 and TA-10-2025-0027”. Text, 11 March 2025. from A-10-2025-0014, to TA-10-2025-0027, reference 2024/2077(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0014/compare/TA-10-2025-0027 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-2025-03-11,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Changes between A-10-2025-0014 and TA-10-2025-0027}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-03-11},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0014/compare/TA-10-2025-0027}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0014/compare/TA-10-2025-0027},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. from A-10-2025-0014, to TA-10-2025-0027, reference 2024/2077(INI). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}