Parliament adopted a resolution on women's entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions, addressing barriers such as access to finance, childcare, transport, and digital infrastructure. The text calls for gender mainstreaming across rural development, cohesion, digital, and agricultural policies, and for collecting gender-disaggregated data. It urges the Commission and member states to ensure post-2027 funding for women's entrepreneurship under CAP, Horizon Europe, and Digital Europe. The resolution also highlights the need for accessible support systems for victims of gender-based violence in rural areas.
How the vote unfolded · 12 ballots
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 11 parts of the text voted on separately (8 adopted, 3 rejected).
split votes by Members (4) · separate votes by Members.
adoptedrejectedlapsedsquare = amendmentcircle = part of the textdecisive voteSolid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions
All 12 ballots in voting order
1.Paragraph 10 — part 1 of 2Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘stresses that gender budgeting enables the identification and correction of funding gaps that disadvantage women entrepreneurs, particularly in rural, island and outermost regions;’”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
2.Paragraph 10 — part 2 of 2Part 2: “those words”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
3.Paragraph 34 — part 1 of 2Part 1: ‘Recalls that, in its special report no 10/21 on gender mainstreaming in the EU budget, the European Court of Auditors found that the Commission had not adequately implemented gender mainstreaming and had made insufficient use of sex-disaggregated data and indicators; highlights, in particular, that the European Court of Auditors regretted that the CAP direct payments system left “no scope for positive action regarding women” and noted that there was “a clear need for a gender analysis of income support paid to farmers through direct payments, including income distribution and its relation with land ownership, eligible land, and recipients of payments”; notes that, as women’s farms are on average smaller than men’s, a surface-based direct payment system necessarily disadvantages women farmers; is deeply concerned that next to no improvements have been made in this regard, neither in the current CAP, nor in the draft published on 16 July 2025;’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
4.Paragraph 34 — part 2 of 2Part 2: ‘calls on the Commission to implement gender-responsive budgeting across all of its programmes to ensure women and men benefit equally from public spending, including under the CAP;’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
5.Paragraph 70 — part 1 of 2Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘rights and’”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
6.Paragraph 70 — part 2 of 2Part 2: “those words”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
7.Separate vote on paragraph 71
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
8.Separate vote on paragraph 87A paragraph voted on its own, usually so a group can vote against just that part. requested by Members
electronic vote (totals only) — no individual
positions recorded
Rejected
9.Recital C — part 1 of 3Part 1: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and rights’ and ‘including access to safe and legal abortion care’”A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
10.Recital C — part 2 of 3Part 2: ‘and rights’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
11.Recital C — part 3 of 3Part 3: ‘including access to safe and legal abortion care’A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another. requested by Members
A vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual
positions recorded
Adopted
12.Final vote — text as a whole13:27A10-0058/2026 – Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
One day of voting in plenary. Each subject is a report, resolution, agreement or objection; they are grouped by kind of decision, and each group says what “adopted” means there.
The ballots
Members vote on amendments and on parts of the text first, then on the text as a whole. That final, decisive vote is the result shown at the top of each subject.
Who voted how
Only roll-call votes record each Member’s vote — open one for every name and the breakdown by group. A show of hands records the outcome only.
Document & procedure
Each subject rests on a document (a committee report, a motion, a Council or Commission text) and belongs to a procedure, the whole file that can span years.
Group badges
How most of a group voted: ✓ For · ✗ Against · – Abstained · ~ Split (no majority).
Codes in ballot labels
Am 27 — amendment 27
§ 5 — paragraph 5
§ 5/2, part 2 — a A paragraph or amendment voted in separate parts, so groups can back one part and oppose another., taken in parts
Am 3= 7= — identical amendments voted together
***I — Parliament’s first vote on a proposed EU law. It sets Parliament’s position for negotiations with the Council.; *** — Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.; * — Parliament gives its opinion on a proposal. The Council decides, but must wait for Parliament’s opinion.
Lapsed — Not put to a vote, because an earlier vote already settled the matter.