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.
- ✓ Referred to committee 23 January 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 26 February 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 13 April 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 30 April 2026
- ✓ 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
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The adopted text removes several calls for gender budgeting and gender-responsive budgeting across EU programmes, including the CAP and cohesion policy. One wording change rephrases the description of women with disabilities in entrepreneurship. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The report expands significantly, adding detailed recitals on gender equality, violence, and regional challenges, and new operational paragraphs on funding, education, and infrastructure. It introduces specific calls for gender-responsive budgeting, support for women farmers, and measures against gender-based violence, including shelters and legal frameworks. The text now emphasizes intersectionality, covering women with disabilities, migrants, and elderly, and calls for targeted financial instruments like a female founders fund. It also stresses the importance of data collection and the role of the CAP and cohesion policy in supporting women's entrepreneurship. The other changes are formal: updated citations and cross-references. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Opinion (AGRI),Draft opinion (AGRI)
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 30 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 404 Against 102 Abstained 67
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:27 · 71% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 12 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 10AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on paragraph 10Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on paragraph 34AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded4. Separate vote on paragraph 34Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded5. Separate vote on paragraph 70AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Separate vote on paragraph 70AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Separate vote on paragraph 71AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded8. Separate vote on paragraph 87Rejectedelectronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded9. Separate vote on recital CAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded10. Separate vote on recital CAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded11. Separate vote on recital CAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded12. Final vote — text as a whole 13:27 A10-0058/2026 – Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 30 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 24 April 2026 1 amendment tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 13 April 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 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.
- 5 November 2025 AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 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.
- 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.