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DRAFT OPINION (2024/2019(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the Commission for the financial year 2023

FEMM-PA-765343

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality · Rapporteur: Assita Kanko

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The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality calls for incorporating its opinion into the discharge resolution for the Commission's 2023 budget, focusing on gender equality and combating violence against women. It expresses concern over the lack of focus on protecting women from violence in the Union budget, urges mandatory gender impact assessments, and calls for a common approach to rape with minimum sanctions. It highlights financial risks from Russia's war against Ukraine, supports the Spotlight Initiative, urges stopping funding that oppresses women, and calls for stable financing for the Daphne Programme.

Committee position. The opinion rapporteur proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate these concerns and calls into its motion for a resolution on the 2023 discharge.

Key points

  1. Expresses serious concern over the lack of focus on protecting women and girls from violence in the Union budget.
  2. Regrets the absence of disaggregated data on gender-based violence and urges mandatory gender impact assessments aimed at protection against violence.
  3. Stresses the need to urgently establish a common approach to rape with common minimum sanctions in national laws.
  4. Is concerned about growing financial risks due to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and its impact on gender equality policies.
  5. Highlights the need to prioritise policies that protect children, women and families.
  6. Supports the United Nations' Spotlight Initiative's goal of ending violence against women and girls and addressing needs of vulnerable groups.
  7. Urges the Commission to stop funding movements in and outside the Union that contribute to the oppression of women in all forms.
  8. Calls for a stable financing framework to ensure effectiveness and sustainability of the Daphne Programme to support protection of women and children against violence.

Who is affected

  • The Commission, as it is urged to stop funding oppressive movements and ensure stable financing for the Daphne Programme.
  • Women and girls in the Union, as the budget should better protect them from violence.
  • Member states, as they are urged to establish common minimum sanctions for rape.

Legal basis: Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union