Eurochild welcomes the resolution adopted today by the European Parliament (EP) by 495 votes to 58 with 87 abstentions, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The text of the resolution is the result of the cooperation of five political groups, i.e. EPP, S&D, Renew Europe, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL. The resolution clearly underlines the utmost necessity for the European Union (EU) to act in this field not only because the promotion of children rights is an explicit objective of EU policies and is enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, but also because children account for 20% of the EU population and that 23 million children in the EU are living at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

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