On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section I - European Parliament
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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 include its proposals in the discharge resolution for Parliament's 2024 budget, focusing on gender equality.¶ It welcomes the 2025 Gender Action Plan and gender budgeting, urges implementation, and calls for measures to address women's underrepresentation, harassment, and lack of parental leave for Members.¶¶¶
Committee position. The opinion proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate these gender equality measures into its motion for a resolution on Parliament's 2024 budget discharge.¶
Key points
- Calls for the 2025 Gender Action Plan to be public, swiftly implemented, and thoroughly assessed, and for consistent gender budgeting in Parliament's budget.¶
- Calls on the President to evaluate the drop in female Members in 2024 and fund campaigns encouraging women to enter EU politics.¶
- Calls on national parties to adopt zipped lists and quotas to improve women's representation.
- Requests targeted emotional and legal support for Members confronted with harassment and hate.¶
- Calls on the President and the Bureau to improve gender balance across committees, including considering gender quotas for coordinators, rapporteurs, and shadow rapporteurs.¶
- Welcomes proxy voting for female Members before and after birth and calls for extending it to all new parents and establishing maternity, paternity, and parental leave for Members.¶