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DRAFT OPINION (2026/0000(BUD))

General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections

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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 Budgets to include its points in the 2027 budget resolution. It asks for gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process, with data collection, monitoring and flexible funding. It calls on the Commission to support member states in implementing its decision on the "My Voice, My Choice" initiative, and reminds member states to use ESF+ money for sexual and reproductive health and rights. It wants continued and increased funding for the Daphne strand, kept separate in the next multiannual financial framework, and support for civil society organisations active in women's rights.

Committee position. The committee calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its points into the 2027 budget resolution, asking for gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting, support for the "My Voice, My Choice" decision, ESF+ spending on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and continued Daphne funding.

Key points

  1. The committee calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its points into the budget resolution.
  2. It states that gender equality is a core Union value and that budgets are never gender neutral and need anti-discrimination objectives.
  3. It calls for gender mainstreaming at all stages of the budgetary process and for gender budgeting across the Union.
  4. It asks for a gender perspective in the preparation, design, monitoring and evaluation of expenditure.
  5. It calls for data collection, monitoring, reporting, assessing and amending funding so the budget works for all and is flexible and targeted.
  6. It recalls Parliament's resolution of 17 December 2025 and the Commission's decision of 26 February 2026 on the "My Voice, My Choice" European citizens' initiative.
  7. It calls on the Commission to support member states in implementing its decision through sufficient budgeting and by providing information and guidelines.
  8. It reminds member states to make full use of the possibility to include spending on sexual and reproductive health and rights in their national ESF+ envelopes.
  9. It calls for continued and increased funding of the Daphne strand of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme.
  10. It calls to keep Daphne as a separate strand in the next multiannual financial framework in the proposed AgoraEU.
  11. It calls for support and funding for civil society organisations active in women's rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Who is affected

  • The Committee on Budgets, which is asked to incorporate the opinion into its budget resolution.
  • The Commission, which is asked to support member states with budgeting, information and guidelines.
  • Member states, which are reminded to use ESF+ envelopes for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
  • Civil society organisations active in women's rights, which are to be supported and funded.

Figures and deadlines

  • 17 December 2025: date of Parliament's resolution responding to the "My Voice, My Choice" initiative.
  • 26 February 2026: date of the Commission's decision and positive reply to the initiative.

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