Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2033(INI)
2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 25 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 13 February 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 16 October 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 4 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 25 November 2025
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
25 November 2025 · decision 13
EU budget & funds, Resolution
2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget
Adopted 389 for · 213 against · 36 abstained by a clear majority
AI summary:The text calls for a comprehensive gender budgeting methodology for the next long-term budget, covering the whole budget cycle and using gender-disaggregated data.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Softens several requirements: drops mandatory suspension, quotas, and legally binding minimum share. Adds safeguards against unintended consequences in strategic sectors like defence and calls for measures to avoid adverse investment effects. Strengthens the call for ex ante impact assessments to consider and minimise negative effects on gender equality. The other changes are formal: decimal commas and list formatting.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:Updates budget data for financial years 2021-2024, changing percentages and totals. Adds new recitals on intersectionality, family, and Interinstitutional Agreement, and removes old recitals on decline and impact assessments. Expands methodology description and limitations, including OECD marker comparison and intersectional dimensions. Adds calls for systematic impact assessments, fiscal policy measures, and data collection improvements. Changes external actions budget allocation and adds new paragraphs on women's rights and pay gap.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Marit Maij (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Caterina Chinnici (EPP), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Dick Erixon (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 25 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament's resolution assesses the Commission's methodology for tracking gender equality in the EU budget. It notes the methodology's limitations and calls for a comprehensive approach to gender budgeting, including ex ante impact assessments, a minimum share of the budget for gender equality, and better data collection.
Tabled for plenary· 4 Nov 2025
AI summary:This resolution assesses the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget for 2021-2024, noting its limitations and calling for a comprehensive approach for the next programming period.
Committee draft· 4 Aug 2025
AI summary:This draft report assesses the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget for 2021-2024. It notes the methodology's limitations and calls for a comprehensive approach to gender budgeting for the next programming period.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
25 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 25 Nov 2025 Report A10-0212/2025Adopted text TA10-0287/2025
19 November 2025
4 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
4 November 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
16 October 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
22 September 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
4 August 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 February 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2033(INI)