The Council of the European Union adopted, on Monday 12 June, conclusions on gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting at the EU ‘Employment and Social Affairs’ Council in Luxembourg(see EUROPE B13191A27).
With these conclusions, the EU countries make a political commitment to establish institutional mechanisms to promote gender equality in all areas of public policy. However, while the management of national budgets falls within the remit of the Member States, the section dedicated to...