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Own-initiative report First reading

Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament – annual report 2025

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

Where it stands: In committee: FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) is preparing the report (draft published 24 September 2026).

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 November 2025
  2. 2 Committee work FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) preparing the report
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
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
Rapporteurs
Veronika CIFROVÁ OSTRIHOŇOVÁ RenewAlice KUHNKE Verts/ALE
Shadow rapporteurs
Loucas FOURLAS PPEElisabeth GROSSMANN S&DElisabeth DIERINGER PfEBeatrice TIMGREN ECRCarolina MORACE The LeftIrmhild BOSSDORF ESN
For opinion
BUDG — Budgets · rapporteur Lucia YAR Renew

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 · latest Draft report (FEMM) 24 September 2026 ✦ This draft report on gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament reviews representation, working procedures, parliamentary activities, budgeting and other EU institutions, and calls for concrete reforms.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG)

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

  1. Committee stage
  2. 20 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (FEMM)
  3. 24 September 2026 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)
  4. 13 November 2025 Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets) gives an opinion.