The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) adopted during its 352nd session (1 – 4 December 2025):
The complaint was registered on 17 October 2024. It relates to Article 31 (the right to housing), as well as Articles 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) 17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 19 (the right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance), and 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), alone or in conjunction with Article E (non discrimination) of the Charter.
In its complaint UGT alleges that as a result of the scarcity of social housing and high prices in the private market, affordable access to decent or adequate housing is not guaranteed for a significant portion of the Spanish population, and specifically for workers from vulnerable groups such as young people, low-wage workers and migrants.
In particular, UGT claims that the legal and policy framework concerning the right to housing is inadequate, since access to housing is formulated merely as a guiding principle of social and economic policy, rather than a genuine, justiciable right. UGT considers that the timeline of 20 years for reaching a minimum public housing stock for social policies, set out in the law, is unreasonable and lacks measurable immediate objectives.
The ECSR unanimously declared the complaint admissible on 4 December 2025.
The decision on the merits in Fédération nationale des syndicats de salariés des mines et de l’énergie - Confédération générale du travail (FNME-CGT) v. France, Complaint No. 222/2023
The complaint lodged by the Fédération nationale des syndicats de salariés des mines et de l’énergie - Confédération générale du travail (FNME-CGT) was registered on 14 March 2023.
The FNME-CGT alleges that the mechanism of medical control of workers in the special social security scheme for the electricity and gas industries (IEG) as set up by the Order of 27 December 2021 undermines Charter rights of workers in the said industries. FNME-CGT alleges in particular that the power given to IEG medical advisor to invalidate sick leave granted to workers by their general practitioners, the insufficient independence of medical advisors and of the medical conciliation commission (CMRA) as well as the non-suspensive nature of the appeal to the CMRA are contrary to Articles 3§1, 4§§1 and 5, 11§1 and 12§§1 and 3 of the Charter and that the resulting restrictions of these rights cannot be justified with reference to Article G of the Charter.
Pursuant to Article 8§2 of the Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints, this decision will not be made public until after the Committee of Ministers has adopted a resolution or a recommendation, or no later than four months after it has been transmitted to the Committee of Ministers.
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