The Com­mis­sion has today adopt­ed the first com­pre­hen­sive EU Strat­e­gy on the Rights of the Child, as well as a pro­pos­al for a Coun­cil Rec­om­men­da­tion estab­lish­ing a Euro­pean Child Guar­an­tee, to pro­mote equal oppor­tu­ni­ties for chil­dren at risk of pover­ty or social exclusion.