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DRAFT OPINION (2025/2156(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024 – Agencies

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Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality · Rapporteur: Raquel García HermidaVan Der Walle

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The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to incorporate its views into the discharge resolution for EU agencies for 2024, focusing on EIGE. It recalls EIGE's role in promoting gender equality, notes limited progress in gender equality and financial strain on EIGE, and reiterates calls for increased funding and staff. It notes EIGE's high budget execution and confirmed accounts despite understaffing.

Committee position. The opinion rapporteur proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate the calls for increased funding and staff for EIGE and the noted achievements into the discharge resolution.

Key points

  1. Gender equality is a founding value of the Union, and gender mainstreaming is established in Article 8 TFEU.
  2. The 2024 Gender Equality Index shows limited progress with only a 0.8 increase, and stagnation in women's health.
  3. Inflation has pressured EIGE's budget, reducing operational capacity and causing understaffing and financial strain.
  4. EIGE was established to promote gender equality through research and data, helping institutions and Member States mainstream gender equality and combat discrimination.
  5. Parliament reiterates its call for increased funding and staff for EIGE, given rising requests for technical assistance and higher operational costs.
  6. EIGE achieved 95% budget execution and met targets in its amended 2024–2026 programming document despite understaffing and high carry-overs.
  7. The European Court of Auditors confirmed EIGE's accounts present fairly its financial position.

Who is affected

  • EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) – faces understaffing and financial strain, and is subject to calls for increased funding.
  • EU institutions and Member States – benefit from EIGE's research and data for gender mainstreaming.

Figures and deadlines

  • 0.8 increase in the 2024 Gender Equality Index
  • 95% budget execution of EIGE's work programme

Legal basis: Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union