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opinion parliamentary committee, 10 July 2026

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034

Document FEMM-AD-785117 · (COM(2025)0558 – C10-0172/2025 – 2025/0239(COD))

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · Rapporteur: Alessandra Moretti

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The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality submits the following to the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible :

Amendment 1

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2a) Member States and the Commission should ensure that gender equality is promoted and gender mainstreaming is integrated throughout the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all actions supported by the ESF. ESF supported measures should contribute to removing structural barriers to women’s full participation in society and in the labour market, including unequal distribution of care responsibilities, labour market segregation, the gender pay and pension gaps, gender-based violence, and unequal access to services, including healthcare. Particular attention should be paid to women facing intersectional discrimination, including migrant women, racialised women, traditional nomadic ethnic minorities, Roma women, women with disabilities, lone mothers, older women and LBTIQ women.

Amendment 2

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(4) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, vulnerable supply chains, the management of migration flows and the increased security threat, the clean energy transition, technological change and demographic change, an ageing workforce, lack of social housing, and growing skills and labour shortages in many sectors and regions.(4) The Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, climate change, vulnerable supply chains, the management of migration flows and the increased security threat, war the clean energy transition, technological and demographic change, an ageing workforce, increasing inequalities, including persisting gender and intersecting forms of inequalities and increasing attacks and setbacks against achieved women’s rights, unequal access to affordable and quality health and care services, lack of social and affordable housing, and growing skills and labour shortages in many sectors and regions. People affected by intersectional discrimination based on sex, gender, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity are more impacted by the consequences of these challenges.

Amendment 3

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

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Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) Taking into account the changing realities in the world of work, the Union should be prepared for current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, by making growth more inclusive and by improving employment and social policies, including in view of labour mobility and sectoral restructuring, paying attention to urban and rural areas that face particular social weaknesses .(5) Taking into account the changing realities in the world of work, the Union should be prepared for current and future challenges by investing in relevant skills, by making sustainable growth more inclusive, and gender responsive and by improving employment, social, health and gender equality policies, including in view of labour mobility and sectoral restructuring. In particular, the Union should promote access to quality, secure, fairly paid and non-precarious employment, improve conditions of women’s entrepreneurship, and close persisting gender gaps. It should pay attention to urban, rural areas and islands that face particular social weaknesses.

Amendment 4

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5a) A key element to solve challenges with labour shortages, social issues and employment is by strengthening competitiveness, promoting enterprises and investments as part of a well-functioning market economy.

Amendment 5

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6) Between now and 2040, the Union labour market will comprise approximately 1 million fewer persons each year. Furthermore, in addition to a shrinking workforce, some regions are affected by a small and stagnant share of the population with tertiary education, making it difficult to compensate for the loss of labour through higher labour productivity. This will increase pressure on the social welfare model of the Union, putting its sustainability and adequacy under pressure. It will also increase labour and skills shortages in the labour market, putting strain on economic growth and competitiveness. For some sectors this will lead to labour cost pressures. This is why the ESF needs to support an increase in participation in the labour market, especially of women and young people, persons with disabilities, Roma communities and to support employers in finding the right people for available jobs, empower older workers with appropriate labour market and workplace measures, ensure a skilled workforce able to tackle major societal challenges, and support a healthy work life balance including by ensuring access to quality childcare.(6) Between now and 2040, the Union labour market will comprise approximately 1 million fewer persons each year. Furthermore, in addition to a shrinking workforce, some regions are affected by a small and stagnant share of the population with tertiary education, making it difficult to compensate for the loss of labour through higher labour productivity. This will increase pressure on the social welfare model of the Union, putting its sustainability and adequacy under pressure. It will also increase labour and skills shortages in the labour market, putting strain on economic and sustainable growth and competitiveness. For some sectors this will lead to labour cost pressures. This is why the ESF needs to support an increase in participation in the labour market, especially of women who are disproportionately affected by unemployment, underemployment, overrepresentation in part-time work, low-paid sectors, and labour market segregation, those wanting to return to employment after caring duties and those facing intersecting forms of discrimination, including persons with disabilities, Roma communities, young people and women from others marginalised groups. The ESF should also facilitate to support employers in finding the right people for available jobs, empower older workers with appropriate labour market and workplace measures, ensure a skilled workforce able to tackle major societal challenges, and support a healthy and improved work life balance by promoting the equal share of care and care services between women and men, supporting flexible and remote working arrangements, paternity and shared parental care leave and ensuring access to quality and affordable childcare and long term care service and support carers, a majority of whom are women.

Amendment 6

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6a) Demographic developments and the severe decline in birth rates represent a major challenge to economic and social sustainability. Unequal access to reproductive healthcare services, including for women and couples facing infertility due to medical conditions, contributes to the deepening of social inequalities and limits the exercise of fundamental rights, including the right to health and to family life. European funds, including the European Social Fund, should support access to healthcare services, counselling, prevention and social support in the areas of infertility, birth rates and the reduction of demographic decline.

Amendment 7

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(6b) The social economy makes a proven contribution to gender equality, with more women in leadership positions, lower pay gaps and better conditions for work life balance. It should be recognised as a strategic priority of the ESF in order to advance women’s economic autonomy and the protection of girls’ rights.

Amendment 8

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7) On 29 January 2025, the Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass. The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are invented, manufactured, and put on the market, while being the first continent to become climate neutral. It recognises five horizontal enablers for competitiveness, including promoting skills and quality jobs, and highlights that the foundation of Europe’s competitiveness is its people. To be competitive and prepared for the future, the Union needs to support and prepare its people with the skills and competences needed for success in learning, work, and life.(7) On 29 January 2025, the Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass. The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are invented, manufactured, and put on the market, while being the first continent to become climate neutral. It recognises five horizontal enablers for competitiveness, including promoting skills and quality jobs, and highlights that the foundation of Europe’s competitiveness is its people. To be competitive and prepared for the future, the Union needs to support and prepare its people with the skills and competences needed for success in learning, work, and life. The ESF should promote women’s employment and empowerment by facilitating their labour market participation and entrepreneurship because strengthening economic independence of women is essential to foster a fair, inclusive and resilient economy, strengthen social cohesion, competitiveness and ensure that the green and digital transitions leave no one behind, in line with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Principles for a Gender Equal society.

Amendment 9

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(7a) AI and new technology open the possibility for economic growth, development, and a more efficient, gender equal and smarter labour market that enables the Union to solve current and future challenges. It is necessary that Union policies also encourage those opportunities.

Amendment 10

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8) In addition, on 26 February 2025 the Commission adopted the Communication “The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation”. It is vital to recognise the critical role of skills in facilitating a successful transition to a cleaner and more competitive industrial future within the Union. Developing a highly skilled workforce is essential for driving innovation and advancing decarbonisation and circularity across vital industries. This focus on skill enhancement is crucial for achieving the Union’s objectives of a just transition and for sustaining and enhancing the Union’s global competitiveness. Furthermore, access to environmental resources and their benefits is unequally distributed across society, as are environmental hazards and health risks. It is more likely to fall disproportionately on vulnerable groups.(8) In addition, on 26 February 2025 the Commission adopted the Communication “The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation”. It is vital to recognise the critical role of skills in facilitating a successful transition to a cleaner and more competitive industrial future within the Union. Developing a highly skilled workforce and eliminating the barriers currently limiting labour market participation, particularly for women, due to horizontal and vertical labour market segregation is essential for driving innovation and advancing decarbonisation and circularity across vital industries. The ESF should therefore support an increased participation of women in sectors where they are underrepresented. The Union should tackle gender gaps in employment and promote gender equality across sectors by launching an Action Plan on Women in Research, Innovation & Startups, aiming to make the Union the most attractive place to work for women in this sector by 2030. This focus on skill enhancement is crucial for achieving the Union’s objectives of a just transition and for sustaining and enhancing the Union’s global competitiveness and sustainability. Furthermore, the ESF should contribute to a socially just green transition, addressing the disproportionate impacts of climate change, environmental degradation and pollution on women and vulnerable groups, including through measures to tackle energy poverty, environmental inequalities and related health risks. The access to environmental resources and their benefits is unequally distributed across society, as are environmental hazards and health risks. It is more likely to fall disproportionately on vulnerable groups.

Amendment 11

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a(new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(8a) Moreover, on 5 March 2026 the Commission adopted its “Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030”, stressing that Gender equality is indispensable for achieving the Union’s strategic goals, including fostering social cohesion and bolstering competitiveness. The strategy also stresses that women still earn on average 12% less per hour than men in the Union and the Union gender pension gap still stands at 25%, highlighting persistent gender inequalities in the labour market. Tackling this is a matter of righting an injustice and delivering on the Union Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, thereby unlocking the economic potential of improved gender equality. Women, particularly women in situations of vulnerability, are at a heightened risk of poverty or social exclusion across the Union. For example, single parents, predominantly women, have difficulties in making ends meet and face twice as high a risk of poverty or social exclusion as the general population. In addition, menstrual and menopause poverty affect many women across the Union. The strategy highlights that gender stereotypes influence educational choices with lifelong consequences, contributing to occupational segregation. Gender-sensitive education can be a truly transformative tool to tackle gender inequalities and ensure all children in the Union, regardless of their gender, have access to high-quality and inclusive education and training.

Amendment 12

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9) The Union of Skills aims to support the development of quality, inclusive and adaptable education, training and skills systems to increase the Union’s competitiveness, preparedness, security and democracy. Therefore, in line with the Union of Skills, the Union should ensure sufficient funding to build solid skills foundations and promote lifelong and future-oriented upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, in particular to address the challenges of the digital and green transitions. This will contribute to notably digital skills and key enabling technologies but also , skills to support emerging sectors, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technologically and innovation-driven changes, social and economic change, facilitating career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled or poorly qualified adults. In line with the Union of Skills, the challenges of the digital and green transitions need to be addressed by upskilling and reskilling workers, aligning education with industry needs, and fostering partnerships among educational institutions, employers, and public authorities. It is also necessary to enhance circulation and adequate allocation of skills in the internal market, including through easier skills portability, and be able to attract and retain skills in the EU.(9) The Union of Skills aims to support the development of quality, inclusive and adaptable education, training and skills systems to increase the Union’s competitiveness, preparedness, security and democracy. This entails the identification and elimination of structural and cultural barriers that impede or restrict full and equal participation of women in the digital and technological sector, including in leadership positions. The Union should, therefore, address harmful gender stereotypes that risk to limit women’s and girls’ opportunities for educational and career paths and promote women’s digital upskilling and reskilling on the labour market. Therefore, in line with the Union of Skills, the Union should ensure sufficient funding to build solid skills foundations and promote lifelong and future-oriented upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, paying particular attention to the fact that women, in particular those facing intersectional discriminations and vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilities encounter additional obstacles which hinder their participation in training, and in particular to address the challenges of the digital and green transitions. It is of the utmost importance to improve education opportunities and training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a particular focus on women and girls, in order to overcome the current gender gaps in the STEM fields’ workforce which offers higher salaries and better career prospects and to enhance AI-literacy. This will contribute to notably digital skills and key enabling technologies but also, skills to support emerging sectors, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technologically and innovation-driven changes, social and economic change, facilitating career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular low-skilled or poorly qualified adults. In line with the Union of Skills, the challenges of the digital and green transitions need to be addressed by upskilling and reskilling workers, aligning education with industry needs, and fostering partnerships among educational institutions, employers, and public authorities. It is also necessary to enhance circulation and adequate allocation of skills in the internal market, including through easier skills portability, and be able to attract and retain skills in the EU, while preventing skills exploitation and brain drain from less developed regions.

Amendment 13

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9a) In line with the Union of Skills, the Union should promote lifelong and future-oriented upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, to address the challenges of the digital and green transitions, especially for women. In this regard, promoting and enabling the usage and development of AI is a key element, as well as promoting initiatives that empower women's entrepreneurship and self-employment opportunities, women in leadership roles, with a focus on increasing women's participation in decision-making processes, and particularly women in business and the STEM sector. This will contribute to notably digital skills and key enabling technologies but also, skills to support emerging sectors, with a view to providing people with skills adjusted to digitalisation, technologically and innovation-driven changes, social and economic change, facilitating career transitions, mobility and supporting in particular women and girls, low-skilled or poorly qualified adults.

Amendment 14

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9b) In line with the Union of Skills, the challenges of the digital and green transitions need to be addressed by upskilling and reskilling workers, aligning education with industry needs, and fostering partnerships among educational institutions, employers, and public authorities. It is also necessary to enhance circulation and adequate allocation of skills in the internal market, including through easier skills portability, and be able to attract and retain skills in the Union.

Amendment 15

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9 c (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(9c) Small and mid-cap companies (SMCs) play an important role in strengthening the Union's competitiveness, boosting economic growth, closing labour shortages, enabling female employment and promoting gender equality.

Amendment 16

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(11) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the NRP Plan, including the ESF, depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio-economic actors, in particular the social partners and civil society organisations.(11) Efficient and effective implementation of actions supported by the NRP Plan, including the ESF, depends on good governance and partnership between all actors at the relevant territorial levels and the socio-economic actors, in particular the social partners and civil society organisation, including women rights organisations, organisations working with women and girls in vulnerable situations in order to promote their access to employment, training, economic autonomy, housing, health care services and social participation, organisations defending sexual and reproductive health and rights, anti-poverty organisations, disability rights organisations.

Amendment 17

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(11a) It is important to support and promote saving and investments accounts in accordance with best practices from Member States to make it easier for investments in companies, especially SMCs, as well as strengthening individuals private economy. This is a key for enabling female independence and entrepreneurship as well as promoting competitiveness as a whole.

Amendment 18

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(12) In order to strengthen Europe’s societies and Europe’s Social model, Member States should allocate a minimum amount of resources under their National and Regional Partnership Plans adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) [NRP Plan Regulation] to the ESF. The diverse nature and severity of different socio-economic challenges in Member States requires a more flexible approach to programming. Whilst a minimum level of support for social policies is necessary to ensure action commensurate to these challenges, it also needs to be closely corresponding to the national and regional characteristics. The underlying sources of social disparities or problems need to inform the relative importance given to investments and reforms within the realm of the Employment Guidelines and the ESF. This implies that policy safeguards through thematic concentration should result from engagement between Member States and the Commission. The minimum amount of ESF must also find the balance between the strategic interest the Union has in investing in its people, and thereby in the quality of labour supply as well as social progress, and at the same time investment needs covered by other specific objectives enlisted in article 3 of the [NRP Plan Regulation].(12) In order to strengthen Europe’s societies and Europe’s Social model, Member States should allocate a minimum amount of resources under their National and Regional Partnership Plans adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) [NRP Plan Regulation] to the ESF. The diverse nature and severity of different socio-economic challenges in Member States requires a more flexible approach to programming, in compliance with the guidelines of this Fund and general principles of the Union Treaties and values. Whilst a minimum level of support for social policies is necessary to ensure action commensurate to these challenges, it also needs to be closely corresponding to the national and regional characteristics. The underlying sources of social disparities or problems need to inform the relative importance given to investments and reforms within the realm of the Employment Guidelines and the ESF. This implies that policy safeguards through thematic concentration should result from engagement between Member States and the Commission. The minimum amount of ESF must also find the balance between the strategic interest the Union has in investing in its people, and thereby in the quality of labour supply as well as social progress, and at the same time investment needs covered by other specific objectives enlisted in article 3 of the [NRP Plan Regulation]. The ESF should remain an independent fund, maintaining its main mission of contributing to social cohesion and the European social model, specifically supporting the social inclusion of the most vulnerable groups, including women. The ESF integration into national and regional partnership plans would risk weakening its genuine mission and reducing funding for social inclusion; it is essential to maintain a strong and visible ESF with sufficient resources to meet the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights.

Amendment 19

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(13) The ESF should support employment, equal access for all to the labour market, fair and quality working conditions and labour mobility. The ESF should support Member States in providing support to unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job searches, training, up- and reskilling and access to other enabling services, paying particular attention to people in vulnerable situations and people negatively affected by the green and digital transitions or labour market shocks, as well as those furthest away from the labour market. The ESF should continue to focus on youth unemployment and the issue of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) through the prevention of early leaving from education and training, and structural improvement of the school-to-work transition, including through the full implementation of the reinforced Youth Guarantee, which should also support quality youth employment opportunities. In addition, the ESF should continue to invest in skills crucial for the green and digital transitions.(13) The ESF should support employment, equal access for all to the labour market, fair and quality working conditions and labour mobility. The ESF should promote a gender-balanced participation in the labour market through measures that aim to ensure, inter alia, decent and gender-equal working conditions including fair pay in women dominated sectors, improved work-life balance, high-quality childcare, including early childhood education and care. The ESF should support Member States in providing support to unemployed and inactive people with effective, timely, coordinated and tailor-made assistance based on support for job searches, training, up- and reskilling and access to other enabling services, paying particular attention to people in vulnerable situations and people negatively affected by the green and digital transitions or labour market shocks, as well as those furthest away from the labour market. Furthermore, the ESF should promote the transition of women engaged in informal non-remunerated caregiving work into paid employment, in order to reduce their risk of long-term unemployment and labour market detachment and economic dependence. It is crucial also to support women’s reintegration into paid work after pregnancy, maternity and parental leave and ensure adequate conditions for breastfeeding in the workplace. The ESF should continue to focus on youth unemployment and the issue of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) through the prevention of early leaving from education and training, and structural improvement of the school-to-work transition, including through the full implementation of the reinforced Youth Guarantee, which should also support quality and fairly remunerated youth employment opportunities. In addition, the ESF should continue to invest in skills crucial for the green and digital transitions and for achieving a gender equal society.

Amendment 20

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(14) The ESF should enhance labour supply and improve education and training and lifelong acquisition of skills. In particular, the ESF should help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning, including formal, non-formal and informal learning that takes place at all stages in life and employability, and contribute to competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications.(14) The ESF should enhance labour supply and improve education and training and lifelong acquisition of skills. In particular, the ESF should help progression within education and training and transition to work, support lifelong learning, including formal, non-formal and informal learning that takes place at all stages in life and employability, and contribute to competitiveness and societal and economic innovation by supporting scalable and sustainable initiatives in these fields. This could be achieved for example through work-based learning and apprenticeships, lifelong guidance, skills anticipation in cooperation with industry, up-to-date training materials, forecasting and graduate tracking, training of educators, validation of learning outcomes and recognition of qualifications. As labour market participation is significantly lower among women and men with disabilities compared to those without, the ESF should be used for the development of an EU-funded employment and skills guarantee for persons with disabilities, without age restrictions, drawing inspiration from successful initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, aimed at increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in the open labour market and facilitating access to employment, training and further education.

Amendment 21

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15) The ESF should facilitate access to services, including the strengthening of the modernisation, digitalisation and the resilience of both healthcare and long-term care services. The ESF should support Member States in implementing measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination and ensure equal opportunities for all, and in particular for groups that are under-represented in the labour market, ensuring equal access to services. The availability of affordable, sustainable and high-quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of-school care, education, training, and health and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services, is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities and labour mobility. The ESF should ensure that everyone, including children in line with the European Child Guarantee, have access to essential services of good quality. The specific needs of persons with disabilities, including accessibility, should be taken into account in relation to those services as well as independent living. The ESF should also contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility.(15) The ESF should facilitate access to services, including the strengthening of the modernisation, digitalisation and the resilience of both healthcare and long-term care services. The ESF should support Member States in implementing measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination and ensure equal opportunities for all, and in particular for groups that are under-represented in the labour market, ensuring equal access to services, including health services. The availability of affordable, sustainable and high-quality services such as early childhood education and care, out-of-school care, education, training, and gender-sensitive health and long-term care, in particular family and community-based care services, is a necessary condition for ensuring equal opportunities, fair pay and pension and labour mobility. For this purpose, the ESF should promote investments in accessible, affordable and high-quality childhood education and care and in community-based and home-care services so that Member States will be able to create the conditions for inclusive labour markets, a gender equal society and a more resilient economic growth. The ESF should also aim at improving working conditions, including fair pay and supporting informal carers in line with the European Care Strategy 1a, the upcoming Care Deal and the Council recommendations on long-term care 1b. The ESF should ensure that everyone, including children in line with the European Child Guarantee, have access to essential services of good quality. The specific needs of persons, in particular women with disabilities, who continue to face particular barriers to social inclusion, employment, education and access to services including accessibility, should be taken into account in relation to those services as well as independent living. The ESF should also contribute to the modernisation of social protection systems with a view in particular to promoting their accessibility. The ESF should support Member States in shaping gender sensitive healthcare systems, addressing gender-specific health needs. Women experience different health patterns then men including, inter alia, sexual and reproductive health requirements, maternal health considerations, menopause-related conditions and a disproportionately higher incidence of certain chronic diseases. Women frequently face systemic diagnostic delays and “pain bias,” which can lead to prolonged periods of poor health during their working lives. Given that long-term illness and health-related transitions are a primary driver of economic inactivity for women, the ESF should support targeted measures to address these health-related gender-based barriers. Access to healthcare should include access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022DC0440
1b https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=oj:JOC_2022_476_R_0001

Amendment 22

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(15a) On 26 February 2026 1a, the European Commission stated that unsafe abortion is a matter of public health and that access to abortion is needed to fulfil the Treaties' requirements. The ESF should be used by Member States, on a voluntary basis, and in accordance with their national law, to give access to legally available, safe, affordable and high-quality abortion services for women in vulnerable situations, including women who could not afford it otherwise, no matter where they live, whatever their nationality or place of residence are, including for women from countries were abortion is illegal.
1a https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=C(2026)3225⟨=en

Amendment 23

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(16) Support through the ESF should be used to promote equal opportunities for all, to support strong social safety nets, foster social inclusion, intergenerational fairness and fight poverty. The ESF should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty, including by addressing material deprivation, with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, including children in poverty, marginalised communities such as the Roma, the working poor and the most deprived. The ESF should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF should also tackle homelessness, including with prevention and alleviation measures in line with the Lisbon declaration of 2021. Support to social innovation plays an important role in achieving these objectives and should therefore be promoted.(16) Support through the ESF should be used to promote equal opportunities for all, to support strong social safety nets, foster social inclusion, gender equality intergenerational fairness and fight poverty, including child poverty. The ESF should support Member States’ efforts to tackle poverty, including by addressing material deprivation, with a view to breaking the cycle of disadvantage across generations and promote social inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities for all, tackling discrimination and addressing health inequalities including the unequal access to safe and legal abortion that varies between different Member States. This implies mobilising a range of policies targeting the most disadvantaged people regardless of their age, place of residence gender, sexual orientation, gender identity , race, disability, including children in poverty, marginalised communities such as the Roma, the working poor and the most deprived. The ESF should promote the active inclusion of people far from the labour market with a view to ensuring their socio-economic integration. The ESF should also tackle homelessness, taking into account that women experience homelessness differently than men, including with prevention and alleviation measures in line with the Lisbon declaration of 2021. Support to social innovation plays an important role in achieving these objectives and should therefore be promoted.

Amendment 24

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(17) The principles of democracy, the rule of law and protection of fundamental rights are fundamental values of the Union. These values are fundamental for every single person, especially for those who are most vulnerable. Furthermore, they are instrumental for the effective implementation of the ESF. Therefore, the ESF should also support the promotion and implementation of these values for all. The ESF will also continue to address the rights of persons with disabilities as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It will also ensure coherence with the Union of Equality and its related Strategies1 that aim at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and ensure social cohesion by sustaining and developing open, fundamental rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive societies based on the rule of law.(17) The principles of democracy, the rule of law, equality and gender equality and protection of fundamental rights are fundamental values of the Union. These values are fundamental for every single person, especially for those who are most vulnerable. Furthermore, they are instrumental for the effective implementation of the ESF. Therefore, the ESF should also support the promotion and implementation of these values for all. The ESF will also continue to address the rights of persons with disabilities as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including women and girls. It will also ensure coherence with the Union of Equality and its related Strategies1 that aim at combating discrimination as defined in recital 4 and ensure social cohesion by sustaining and developing open, fundamental rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive societies based on the rule of law.

Amendment 25

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18) Regulation (EU) [National Plan Regulation] requires that Member States respect horizontal principles in the preparation and implementation of the national and regional partnership plans. In this context, Member States should also be encouraged to use the ESF to supports targeted actions to promote horizontal principles such as the promotion of gender equality and ensuring the accessibility of services for people with disabilities and to enable people with disabilities to actively participate.(18) Regulation (EU) [National Plan Regulation] requires that Member States respect horizontal principles in the preparation and implementation of the national and regional partnership plans. In this context, Member States should use the ESF to supports targeted actions to promote horizontal principles such as the promotion of gender equality and ensuring the accessibility of services for people with disabilities and to enable people with disabilities to actively participate. Gender equality and an intersectional perspective should be integrated at every stage of the funding cycle design, implementation, monitoring, reporting, evaluation and auditing. An interim and a final evaluation of the Programme should evaluate gender impacts to assess the extent to which it contributes to gender equality. It is also important to provide information to beneficiaries and Member States on how to take gender equality into account, including information on the use of gender mainstreaming in budgeting and gender impact assessments. Gender balance should be ensured when consulting experts and stakeholders. Member States should report regularly on the contribution of ESF expenditure to gender equality objectives on the basis of sex-disaggregated indicators and qualitative assessment.

Amendment 26

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18a) Women and girls with disabilities face higher exposure to poverty, social exclusion, gender-based violence and long-term unemployment. The European Social Fund should therefore support specific measures targeting this group, ensuring accessibility, equal opportunities and active participation in the labour market and in society.

Amendment 27

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(18b) Member States should also be encouraged and able to use the ESF for healthcare and projects related to SRHR in order to ensure access to safe and legal abortion without interfering with national laws or subsidiarity.

Amendment 28

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a sufficient amount of resources is targeting those most in need, Member States should allocate resources of the ESF to fostering social inclusion.(19) To ensure that the social dimension of Europe as set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights is duly put forward and that a sufficient amount of resources is targeting those most in need, Member States should allocate resources of the ESF to fostering social inclusion, gender equality and fighting gender-based violence.

Amendment 29

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(19a) According to Eurostat 1a, there are currently 64,6 million women and 57,6 million men living in poverty in the Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men differs; poverty, social exclusion and discrimination affect certain groups disproportionately, especially women and girls from marginalised communities; these groups continue to face structural barriers in access to employment, education, housing and essential services, including health services. The risk of poverty and social exclusion is disproportionally high for women in vulnerable situations and concerned by intersectional discrimination as defined in recital 4. Women living in poverty face a higher risk of experiencing violence, including intimate partner violence and domestic violence, due to factors such as financial dependency, housing insecurity, and reduced access to support services. Eliminating gender-based violence is essential for enabling women participate fully in their communities and the economy, to access education, health care, employment and social services, and thereby achieve economic independence and bodily autonomy.
1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Living_conditions_in_Europe_-_subjective_poverty_statistics#:~:text=ilc_sbjp02)%20(ilc_sbjp03)-,Subjective%20poverty%20is%20more%20prominent%20for%20women%20than%20for%20men,men%20and%201

Amendment 30

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 20

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(20) Due to the particular need to support children in poverty Member States should also programme resources of the ESF to address the measures under the Child Guarantee.(20) Due to the particular need to support children in poverty Member States should also programme resources of the ESF to address the measures under the Child Guarantee, particularly for children from rural, remote, industrial and mining areas, as well as peripheral regions that are socially and economically disadvantaged, impacted by depopulation, with limited access to public services, and from areas impacted by the economic transition and high levels of unemployment, with a minimum 20 billion EUR allocated to the Child Guarantee within the next MFF. The ESF should be fully aligned with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, making social objectives explicit in its priorities and spending rules.

Amendment 31

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(21) The ESF should contribute to the reduction of poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote the social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived. Member States should allocate resources of the ESF to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness and food and material deprivation.(21) The ESF should contribute to the reduction of nutritional poverty by supporting national schemes aiming to alleviate food and material deprivation and promote the social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion and the most deprived taking into account gender-specific needs, including menstrual and hygiene products. Member States should allocate resources of the ESF to address the forms of extreme poverty with the greatest social exclusion impact, such as homelessness and food and material deprivation. The provision of food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived persons and the most vulnerable, such as homeless women and single mothers, should not replace existing social benefits provided to them under national social systems or pursuant to national law.

Amendment 32

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 22 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(22a) Due to the importance of access to healthcare, the ESF should ensure synergies and complementarities with the proposed European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) especially for the objective to support to Health, and the proposed Regulation establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture, and rural, fisheries, and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 (NRPP).

Amendment 33

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 24

(24) Taking into account the special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions, the Member States should include in their Chapter for outermost regions, measures for enhancing employment and labour mobility, in particular for young people, education and skills, social inclusion.(24) Taking into account the special characteristics and constraints of the outermost regions, the Member States should include in their Chapter for outermost regions, measures for enhancing employment and labour mobility, in particular for young people and women that are outside of the labour market, education and skills, social inclusion.

Amendment 34

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 25 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(25a) The ESF should promote female entrepreneurship by reducing barriers to business creation and growth, including regulatory burdens and limited access to capital. Funding should prioritise scalable enterprises led by women and girls, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and economic independence.

Amendment 35

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
2a. Member States shall, wherever possible, integrate vulnerability and social exclusion indicators into the performance framework in order to ensure that ESF investments effectively benefit the most vulnerable groups.

Amendment 36

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Article 2a
1. The European Social Fund (ESF) shall support in particular the following specific objectives:
(a) improving access to employment and activation measures for all jobseekers, in particular young people, notably through the implementation of the Youth Guarantee, for long-term unemployed and disadvantaged groups on the labour market, and for inactive people, women engaged in informal non-remunerated caregiving work, as well as through the promotion of self-employment and the social economy included in social market economy;
(b) improving the quality, inclusiveness, effectiveness and labour market relevance of education and training systems including through validation of non-formal and informal learning, to support acquisition of key competences including entrepreneurial and digital skills, and by promoting the introduction of dual-training systems and apprenticeships;
(c) promoting equal access to and completion of quality and inclusive education and training, in particular for disadvantaged groups, from early childhood education to adult education promoting lifelong learning, in particular flexible upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all taking into account entrepreneurial and digital skills, better anticipating change and new skills requirements based on labour market needs, facilitating career transitions and promoting professional mobility, including facilitating learning mobility for all and accessibility for persons with disabilities;
(d) fostering equal opportunities and non-discrimination through the identification and elimination of structural, cultural and barriers; promoting equal sharing of care responsibilities and shared parental care leave, and investing in accessible, affordable and high-quality care services, strengthening work–life balance, including through flexible working arrangements for both parents, securing quality, stable and fairly paid jobs, and
(e) eliminating occupational gender segregation and discrimination in education and training, including by promoting access for women and girls to STEM fields, digital skills, green jobs and decision-making positions;
(f) promoting socio-economic integration of third-country nationals, in particular migrant women;
(g) promoting the socio-economic integration of marginalised communities, in particular Roma women;
(h) enhancing equal and timely access to quality, sustainable and affordable services, including services that promote the access to adequate, affordable, sustainable and decent housing, in particular for single mothers;
(i) modernising social protection systems, including promoting access to social protection, with a particular focus on women in particular single mothers and other disadvantaged groups;
(j) improving accessibility including for women with disabilities, effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services;
(k) promoting the social integration of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, including by combating the disproportional share of women or female -headed households among the poor, with particular attention to women in vulnerable situations, in particular to those facing intersecting forms of discrimination and addressing in-work poverty, precarious employment and pension gaps;
(l) supporting for social economy enterprises and organisations, as key actors for inclusive employment of women, equal opportunities, territorial cohesion and the integration of girls and women belonging to vulnerable groups;
(m) addressing material deprivation through food and/or basic material assistance to the most deprived persons, including children, and providing accompanying measures supporting their social inclusion;
(n) fighting against homelessness especially for women and children;
(o) access to social and public healthcare services for groups in vulnerable situations, with a focus on person-centred healthcare, addressing gender-specific health needs including the full range of sexual and reproductive health including providing abortion services for those that can not access it.
2. All the specific objectives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article constitute a requirement for the NRPP plan within the meaning of Article 22 of the NRPP Regulation.

Amendment 37

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Member States and regions shall, where appropriate, set out an integrated approach to addressing challenges stemming from the demographic transition in one or more dedicated chapters of the National Regional and Partnership Plan.Member States and regions shall, where appropriate, set out an integrated approach to addressing challenges stemming from the demographic transition, including the specific health-related challenges faced by women and especially ensuring access to reproductive services, in one or more dedicated chapters of the National Regional and Partnership Plan, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups that are disproportionately affected by ageing, poverty and social exclusion. The Commission shall assess the impact on tackling demographic challenges, such as population ageing, the shrinking working age population and the growing urban-rural divide.

Amendment 38

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – title

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Support for addressing material deprivationSupport for addressing material deprivation and poverty

Amendment 39

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(1) Member States may provide support for addressing material deprivation through the distribution of food and goods that are in conformity with the Union law on consumer product safety.(1) Member States shall provide support for addressing material deprivation through the distribution of food and goods that are in conformity with the Union law on consumer product safety.

Amendment 40

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) Member States and beneficiaries shall choose the food and/or the basic material assistance on the basis of objective criteria related to the needs of the most deprived persons. The selection criteria for the food, and where appropriate for goods, shall also take into consideration climate-related and environmental aspects, in order to ensure a fair and just green transition, in particular with a view to reduction of food waste and single-use plastics. Where appropriate, the choice of the type of food to be distributed shall be made having considered their contribution to the balanced diet of the most deprived persons. The food and/or basic material assistance may be provided directly to the most deprived persons or indirectly, for example, through vouchers or cards, in electronic or other form, provided that they can be redeemed only against food and/or basic material assistance. Support for the most deprived persons shall be additional to any social benefit that may be provided by national social systems or according to national law.(2) Member States and beneficiaries shall choose the food and/or the basic material assistance on the basis of objective criteria related to the needs of the most deprived persons, taking into account gender specific needs, such as essential menstrual products and hygiene facilities and needs of women and girls in situations of poverty, homelessness or violence. The selection criteria for the food, and where appropriate for goods, shall also take into consideration climate-related and environmental aspects, in order to ensure a fair and just green transition, in particular with a view to reduction of food waste and single-use plastics. Where appropriate, the choice of the type of food to be distributed shall be made having considered their contribution to the balanced diet of the most deprived persons. The food and/or basic material assistance may be provided directly to the most deprived persons or indirectly, for example, through vouchers or cards, in electronic or other form, provided that they can be redeemed only against food and/or basic material assistance. Support for the most deprived persons, who are often women, shall be additional to any social benefit that may be provided by national social systems or according to national law. Due to the nature of the operations and the type of end recipients, simpler rules shall apply to support which addresses material deprivation of the most deprived persons.

Amendment 41

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(5) For the purposes of this Article, ‘most deprived persons’ means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups of persons, including children in vulnerable situations and homeless people, whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria which are set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders while avoiding conflicts of interest, and which may include elements that allow for the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas.(5) For the purposes of this Article, ‘most deprived persons’ means natural persons, whether individuals, families, households or groups of persons, including children in vulnerable situations and homeless people, whose need for assistance has been established according to the objective criteria which are set by the national competent authorities in consultation with relevant stakeholders while avoiding conflicts of interest, and which may include elements that allow for the targeting of the most deprived persons in certain geographical areas, taking into account the specific vulnerabilities of women, including those facing intersectional discrimination and also taking into account that eliminating all types of gender based violence is essential for eliminating women’s poverty.

Amendment 42

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 a (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Article 6a
Support for equal opportunities, gender equality and access to labour market
1. Through the European Social Fund, Member States and the Commission shall actively and systematically advance gender equality and contribute to the full realisation of the Principles for a Gender-Equal Society and the European Pillar of Social Rights and by particularly eliminating all forms of gender-based discrimination in the labour market.
2. The ESF shall support Member States in addressing gender-specific labour market participation obstacles, ensuring equal pay for equal work and work of equal value, by addressing the structural undervaluation of female-dominated sectors, as well as tackling labour market segmentation, promoting better work-life balance including flexible working arrangements for both parents, facilitating women’s access to quality jobs and entrepreneurial paths, through incentives for companies to hire and promote women, relying on paternity and shared parental care leave and ensuring access to affordable, accessible high-quality childcare and other formal care services.
3. The ESF shall take a comprehensive approach to combatting the fact that women or female-headed households are disproportionally represented among the poor and eliminate gender discrimination in education and training, including in access to STEM fields, and promote equal participation of women in leadership and decision-making positions by addressing in work poverty, precarious employment and pension gap.

Amendment 43

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 b (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Article 6b
Support for equal access to quality healthcare services
ESF shall support the objective of enhancing the universal and timely access to quality, sustainable and affordable healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive health services for women in vulnerable situations. Member States are strongly encouraged to use the ESF to provide equal access to legally available and affordable safe abortion services, to women in vulnerable situations who could not otherwise afford it, whatever their nationality or place of residence, including for women who do not have access to such services in their Member States. Member States shall also support the objectives of improving accessibility including for persons with disabilities, effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services, supporting measures for women and couples diagnosed with infertility, in light of the Union’s significant demographic decline where they encounter economic, social or medical barriers limiting their access to healthcare services.

Amendment 44

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 c (new)

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Article 6c
Horizontal principles
1. The Commission and Member States shall take appropriate and meaningful steps to prevent any discrimination based on gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, as well during the preparation, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the operations supported from this programme.
2.The Commission shall ensure that gender equality is integrated and gender mainstreaming applied as horizontal and cross-cutting principle throughout the preparation, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the operations supported, including through the use of assessments and sex/gender-disaggregated data. It shall promote the horizontal principles referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation 2025/0545(COD) (“Performance Regulation”) which establishes the rule for the expenditure tracking and performance framework of the budget, including the coherent application of the principle of the “do no significant harm” and the principle of gender equality. It should be ensured that none of the activities funded has unintended negative impact on gender equality.
The Commission shall provide technical guidance to Member States on the gender mainstreaming methodology referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, including minimum requirements, gender analysis and a gender equality assessment.
Member States shall report regularly on the contribution of ESF expenditure to gender equality objectives on the basis of sex-disaggregated indicators and qualitative assessment.

Amendment 45

Proposal for a regulation

Article 7

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
Member States shall ensure meaningful participation of the social partners and civil society organisations in the delivery of support for quality employment, education and skills and social inclusion policies in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation XX [NRP Plan].Member States shall ensure meaningful participation of the social partners and civil society organisations, including organisations promoting women’s rights and gender equality as well as organisations representing women in vulnerable situations in the delivery of support for quality employment, education and skills and social inclusion policies in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation XX [NRP Plan].

Amendment 46

Proposal for a regulation

Article 8 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(2) Each Member State shall appoint one government representative, one representative of the workers’ organisations, one representative of the employers’ organisations and one alternate for each member for a maximum period of seven years. In the absence of a member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings. The Committee shall also include one representative from each of the organizations representing workers’ organisations and employers’ organisations at Union level.(2) Each Member State shall appoint one government representative, one representative of the workers’ organisations, one representative of the employers’ organisations as well as representatives of CSOs, including those working on gender equality, women’s right and the rights of person with disabilities and vulnerable groups, and one alternate for each member for a maximum period of seven years. In the absence of a member, the alternate shall be automatically entitled to take part in the proceedings. The Committee shall also include one representative from each of the organizations representing workers’ organisations and employers’ organisations at Union level.
Annex: declaration of input 1 paragraph

The rapporteur for opinion declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not include in her opinion input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register1, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

Procedure pages

How the committees handled the text, and how their members voted on it.

Procedure – committee asked for opinion 1 paragraph
TitleEstablishing the European Social Fund as part of the National and Regional Partnership Plan set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRPPlan] establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034
ReferencesCOM(2025)0558 – C10-0172/2025 – 2025/0239(COD)
Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenaryEMPL 23.10.2025
Opinion by Date announced in plenaryFEMM 23.10.2025
Rapporteur for opinion Date appointedAlessandra Moretti 12.1.2026
Discussed in committee24.3.20265.5.2026
Date adopted23.6.2026
Result of final vote+: –: 0:25 9 2
Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 3 paragraphs

25 · For

EPP
Csaba Bogdán, Michalis Hadjipantela, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Eleonora Meleti, Mirosława Nykiel, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Giusi Princi, Michał Wawrykiewicz
Renew
Abir Al-Sahlani, Valérie Devaux, Jana Toom, Lucia Yar
S&D
Sofie Eriksson, Lina Gálvez, Elisabeth Grossmann, Alessandra Moretti, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Cecilia Strada, Marko Vešligaj
The Left
Hanna Gedin, Irene Montero, Carolina Morace
Greens
Mélissa Camara, Alexandra Geese, Benedetta Scuderi

9 · Against

ECR
Chiara Gemma, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Jessika van Leeuwen
ESN
Irmhild Boßdorf
No group
Judita Laššáková
EPP
Miriam Lexmann
Patriots
Elisabeth Dieringer, Viktória Ferenc, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

2 · Abstained

Patriots
Mélanie Disdier, Séverine Werbrouck