(AGENPARL) - Roma, 20 Marzo 2026 -

The demand for care in the European Union is growing rapidly due to demographic change, labour market pressures and social transformations. Care provision remains under-recognised, under-resourced and unequally distributed, with women still bearing a disproportionate share of both paid and unpaid care responsibilities.
Building on the European Care Strategy, the draft report by co-rapporteurs Rosa Estaràs Ferragut and Eleonora Meleti, with 601 tabled amendments and 38 compromises amendments proposes measures to reduce the gender care gap and to promote structural changes, calling for the full implementation and further careful monitoring, enforcement and evaluation of the Work-Life Balance Directive.
FEMM Co-rapporteur: Rosa Estàras-Ferragut (S&D)
EMPL Co-rapporteur: Eleonora Meleti (EPP)
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