On Wednesday 16 July, the MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) adopted an oral question and a motion for a resolution on the implementation of the “Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society”, published by the European Commission in its 7 March ‘Roadmap for Women’s Rights’.
The oral question, tabled by the Chair of the FEMM Committee, Lina Gálvez (S&D, Spanish), asks for details on how the Commission intends to incorporate the European Parliament’s positions into the future post-2025 European Gender Equality Strategy and on the legislative initiatives envisaged.
The accompanying motion for a resolution enables Parliament to express its reaffirmed support for equality between women and men, which it considers to be a fundamental value of the EU, and for the principles set out by the European Commission, in particular the fight against discrimination, the promotion of women’s rights, and the mainstreaming of equality in all European policies.
The ‘Roadmap’ would also constitute a “good basis” for future work, according to MEPs, who are however calling for concrete action and for these principles to be transposed into effective legislative measures.
The text was adopted by 21 votes to 7 with 2 abstentions. The EPP, Renew Europe, S&D, Greens/EFA and The Left parliamentary groups voted in favour, while the Patriots for Europe, Europe of Sovereign Nations and part of the ECR group voted against.
The oral questions: https://aeur.eu/f/hxb
The motion for a resolution: https://aeur.eu/f/hxc (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)