Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2038(INI)
Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
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 11 March 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 13 February 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 28 January 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 19 February 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 11 March 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
11 March 2026 · decision 6
Jobs, social affairs & equality, Resolution
Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
Adopted 458 for · 72 against · 98 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text calls for better tools to value work, pay transparency, stronger enforcement of equal pay laws, and improved care services.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: decimal commas are replaced with decimal points in percentages and numbers.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Irena Joveva (Renew), Mirosława Nykiel (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Giusi Princi (EPP), Evelyn Regner (S&D), Mélanie Disdier (Patriots), Lara Magoni (ECR), Gordan Bosanac (Greens), Kathleen Funchion (The Left), Lina Gálvez (S&D), Catherine Griset (Patriots), Margarita De La Pisa Carrión (Patriots), Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Renew), Anna Strolenberg (Greens), Emma Fourreau (The Left), Irmhild Bossdorf (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 11 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the gender pay and pension gap in the EU describes the state of play, challenges, and ways forward. It calls for measures to close the gaps, including gender-neutral job evaluation, better care infrastructure, and support for women in high-value sectors.
Tabled for plenary· 19 Feb 2026
AI summary:This resolution addresses the gender pay and pension gaps in the EU, analyzing causes and proposing measures to close them, including better valuation of women-dominated work.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
11 March 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 11 Mar 2026 Report A10-0021/2026Adopted text TA10-0074/2026
9 March 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
19 February 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
28 January 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
21 October 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
29 September 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 February 2025
Referred to the FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2038(INI)