2024/2124(INI) Own-initiative report First reading

Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 30 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 26 February 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 13 April 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 30 April 2026
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Rapporteur
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Sabrina REPP S&DMireia BORRÁS PABÓN PfELaurence TROCHU ECRValérie DEVAUX RenewAnna STROLENBERG Verts/ALEIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Anna STROLENBERG Verts/ALE

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Committee draft Draft report (FEMM) 15 July 2025⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0058/2026 13 April 2026⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA10-0158/2026 30 April 2026

Committee opinions: Opinion (AGRI),Draft opinion (AGRI)

Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 30 April 2026 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 30 April 2026 📄 Report A10-0058/2026
  3. 30 April 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 30 April 2026 📄 Report A10-0058/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0158/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 404 Against 102 Abstained 67

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:27 · 71% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 12 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 12 ballots in voting order
    1. Separate vote: paragraph 10 § 10
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote: paragraph 10 § 10
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote: paragraph 34 § 34
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    4. Separate vote: paragraph 34 § 34
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Separate vote: paragraph 70 § 70
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    6. Separate vote: paragraph 70 § 70
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Separate vote: paragraph 71 § 71
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    8. Separate vote: paragraph 87 § 87
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    9. Separate vote: recital C Recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    10. Separate vote: recital C Recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    11. Separate vote: recital C Recital C
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    12. Final vote — text as a whole 13:27 A10-0058/2026 – Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  4. 24 April 2026 1 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendment 1
  5. 13 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0058/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 26 February 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 5 November 2025 AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (AGRI)
  9. 15 July 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (FEMM)
  10. 23 January 2025 Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) gives an opinion.