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opinion parliamentary committee draft, 13 January 2026

On the guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III

Document FEMM-PA-782239 · (2025/2246(BUI))

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality · Rapporteur: Raquel García HermidaVan Der Walle

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This draft opinion calls for gender budgeting across all EU spending, more funding for EIGE and anti-violence policies, and dedicated health research funds.

Position. The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate these points into its motion for a resolution.

Key points

  1. Calls for effective and systematic implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process and across all programmes, integrating a gender perspective into preparation, monitoring and evaluation of expenditure.
  2. Calls for a higher number of interventions resulting in a score 1 or 2, indicating gender equality support.
  3. Highlights the role of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and reiterates the need for adequate funding and staffing, including hiring at least five temporary agents.
  4. Recognises increased funding for the Daphne programme and underlines the importance of allocating at least 5% of the total EU budget to policies combating violence against women.
  5. Calls for dedicated budgetary allocations under the EU4Health programme to support research into gender-specific health conditions, including sexual and reproductive health.

Who is affected

  • EU institutions and bodies responsible for budget preparation and implementation, including the European Commission and member states.
  • The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), which would receive increased funding and staffing.
  • Programmes such as Daphne and EU4Health, which would receive dedicated allocations.

Figures and deadlines

  • at least five temporary agents to be hired by EIGE
  • at least 5 % of the total EU budget to policies combating violence against women

Legal basis. Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)

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Opinion 7 paragraphs

The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

A.whereas gender equality is a core EU value and the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and gender mainstreaming in all its actions in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);

B.whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for the promotion and implementation of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments across all EU policy areas;

1.Calls for the effective and systematic implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process and across all programmes; stresses that all EU spending must support gender equality and that a gender perspective must be consistently integrated into the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of expenditure; calls, therefore, for a higher number of interventions resulting in a score 1 or 2;

2.Acknowledges the crucial role of data, research and expertise in preparing, monitoring and evaluating the Union budget in line with gender equality objectives; highlights the key role of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and reiterates the need for it to have adequate funding and staffing to meet increasing demands for technical assistance; stresses the need to increase its staffing levels, including by hiring at least five temporary agents;

3.Recognises the increased funding for the Daphne programme and underlines the importance of allocating at least 5 % of the total EU budget to policies aimed at combating violence against women;

4.Calls for dedicated budgetary allocations under the EU4Health programme to support research into gender specific health conditions, including those pertaining sexual and reproductive health.