A European strategy for intergenerational solidarity should focus on three target groups (children, youth, seniors). As there already exist a strategy for protection from children defined in the Child-guarantee, and a European Youth strategy and guarantee, it should be logical and consistent to create a “European senior strategy” that mainstreams attention to older persons interest in different policy areas, as a third cornerstone for the building for this European intergenerational fairness/solidarity strategy. Therefore, ESO’s first demand in the European Intergenerational solidarity/fairness strategy will be: a European senior strategy that among other things includes a European care guarantee for access to care and healthcare for all generations. It is an analogy with SURE that was set up in unemployment during the COVID19-crisis; the care guarantee should concern elderly-care and longtime care and also include childcare.

These strategies can only be successful if provision is made for the necessary resources to implement and monitor these strategies, both financially (MFF and EU-budget) and in terms of human resources, for preparation, implementation and monitoring the strategies.

You will find our contribution here : https://socialistseniors.eu/2025/06/towards-an-european-intergenerational-fairness-solidarity-strategy-eso-is-asking-for-a-european-senior-strategy-and-a-european-care-guarantee/
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