On Monday 23 October, the European Parliament’s Committees on Gender Equality (FEMM), Budget (BUDG) and Budgetary Control (CONT) took stock of the inclusion of a gender dimension in the EU budget (“gender budgeting”).
The 2020 Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline required the European Commission to develop a methodology for identifying gender-related expenditure in EU programmes.
“According to the Commission, 84% of the EU budget either contributes or has the...