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The Union headline targets for 2030 were welcomed by the Heads of State or Government at the Porto Social Summit and by the June 2021 European Council. They help, together with the Social Scoreboard, in monitoring progress towards the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights as part of the policy coordination framework in the European Semester. In addition, the Porto Social Summit called on Member States to set ambitious national targets which, taking due account of the starting position of each Member State, should constitute an adequate contribution to the achievement of the Union headline targets for 2030. The implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and progress on the Union headline and national targets for 2030 is monitored in the Joint Employment Report adopted by the Council in March 2025 (the 2025 Joint Employment Report), and is integrated into the monitoring tools for the European Semester. Since its 2024 edition, the Joint Employment Report contains a first-stage country analysis on potential risks to upward social convergence in line with the Social Convergence Framework that identifies Member States which experience potential risks to be examined in a deeper second-stage analysis. In the 2025 Joint Employment Report, 10 Member States were initially identified, and the conclusion of the deeper analysis showed that overall challenges were not confirmed for all of them.