What changed
The resolution now endorses the Commission’s declaration on women’s rights instead of criticizing it. #2#3 It drops calls for condemning surrogacy, border protection measures, childcare policies, and freedom of education. #2#3 It adds a call to consider Parliament’s upcoming position on the gender equality strategy. #3 The only wording change is in recital A, which is rephrased without altering substance. #1
2 changes of substance, plus 1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #2 Substance
Replaces recital C with a new one inviting parties to endorse the declaration on women’s rights, and deletes recitals D to G on safety, demography, childcare, and education.
C. whereas women in Europe face new threats related to their identity as women, and the exploitation and commodification of their bodies;
C. whereas the Commission invites all interested parties, especially the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, social partners, civil society actors and other relevant organisations, to endorse the declaration on women’s rights annexed to its communication of 7 March 2025 over the course of the year;
D. whereas women’s safety is still threatened, both in the private sphere and in public spaces; whereas non-EU nationals account for a significant proportion of sexual assaults against women;
E. whereas demography is a major challenge for the future of the Union; whereas the birth rate in the European Union is one of the lowest in the world;
F. whereas women perform the majority of tasks related to the upbringing of young children, in addition to pursuing their professional careers;
G. whereas the ECHR enshrines the right of parents to ensure the education and teaching of their children in accordance with their religious, philosophical and educational convictions;
Change #3 Substance
Replaces paragraph 2 with a welcome of the Commission communication, deletes paragraphs 3 to 6 on surrogacy, safety, childcare, and education, and adds new paragraphs 3 and 4 endorsing the declaration.
2. Takes note of the declaration annexed to the Commission communication of 7 March 2025; welcomes the overall objectives set out in it; regrets that mothers are not better supported in this declaration; deplores the encouragement of quota systems and affirmative action policies, which are unfair to both women and men; considers that the declaration does not address essential issues to achieve its objectives, such as the full recognition of motherhood, the contribution of motherhood to society and complementarity between men and women, instead the declaration is reduced to the management of domestic tasks;
2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 7 March 2025 and considers it to be a good basis for the preparation of the upcoming gender equality strategy;
3. Calls on the Commission and the Council to condemn all forms of commercial exploitation of women’s bodies and motherhood, in particular surrogacy;
3. Calls on the Commission to take the position of Parliament to be expressed in its upcoming resolution on the gender equality strategy 2025 into due account when developing the new post-2025 gender equality strategy;
4. Calls on the Member States to take measures to ensure the safety of women, particularly regarding border protection;
4. Endorses the principles included in the declaration annexed to the Commission communication of 7 March 2025;
5. Calls on the Member States to put in place early childhood care policies to help women who wish to have children do so in good conditions;
6. Recalls that freedom of education is a fundamental principle of the European Union, and is essential to equality;