On February 13, 2026, the French Confederation of Craft and Small Construction Businesses (CAPEB) and the building trade unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC, CGT, FO) welcomed the European Parliament's adoption of the 2025/2133 Parliamentary Initiative Report on subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries. According to CAPEB, this decision, the result of unprecedented collective action by French social partners, sends a strong signal: Europe can no longer tolerate the excesses of cascading subcontracting in the construction sector. The excessive lengthening of these chains weakens very small and small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), degrades working conditions, fosters undeclared work, and leads to a decline in the quality of construction projects. French law of June 30, 2025, had already limited subcontracting to two tiers on subsidized construction sites, but industry stakeholders are now calling for a European framework to put an end to social dumping and unfair competition. Employers and unions are calling on the European Commission to turn this political signal into concrete measures, guaranteeing transparency, accountability and fairness in all subcontracting chains in the sector.