2025 European Semester Autumn Package

Our call for advancing children’s rights through the European Semester with a focus on child poverty and inclusion.

The European Commission’s European Semester Autumn Package, published in December 2024, initiates a new cycle of the European Semester, providing a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic landscape, identifying key priorities and risks, and offering policy guidance to assist EU Member States in achieving shared objectives in 2025. It also identifies 10 Member States (Greece, Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany) for which the European Commission will carry out an in-depth analysis. 

Eurochild has focused on The Proposal for a Joint Employment Report for 2025 that is a central component of this package, with a particular focus on social rights including social protection.

The Report highlights both progress and persistent challenges in the EU's efforts to achieve its 2030 targets for employment, skills development, and poverty reduction. Recurring themes include the urgent need to address child poverty and social exclusion, access to early childhood education and care and quality and inclusivity of education, which remain critical challenges despite targeted initiatives such as the European Child Guarantee.

You can read here Eurochild’s analysis and recommendations on the European Semester Autumn Package