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2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget

Effect
Adopted
Result
389 for · 213 against · 36 abstained roll call
Date
25 November 2025, 12:54–12:58
Kind
Resolution
More facts (9)
Margin
by a clear majority
Source
Committee report by Marit Maij
Topics
EU budget & fundsJobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
15 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call) · Members (5 split votes)
Final vote
181617
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Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 389 for, 213 against, 36 abstained (roll call).

Adopted by a clear majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 13 parts of the text voted on separately (10 adopted, 3 rejected).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 36Against 0Abst. 1No vote 9 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.96
GreensFor 49Against 0Abst. 0No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 121Against 0Abst. 0No vote 15 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 59Against 2Abst. 6No vote 8 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
EPPFor 118Against 33Abst. 10No vote 27 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.60
ECRFor 0Against 72Abst. 0No vote 7 of 79Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
PatriotsFor 0Against 69Abst. 10No vote 6 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.81
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 0No vote 4 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 6Against 14Abst. 9No vote 1 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 62

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria137000.47
Belgium156010.57
Bulgaria93320.40
Cyprus5100—
Czechia66900.14
Germany4836660.30
Denmark82320.42
Estonia5200—
Spain4280100.76
Finland121020.88
France3635280.24
Greece146010.55
Croatia73020.55
Hungary211080.77
Ireland120021.00
Italy37270120.37
Lithuania6122—
Luxembourg5100—
Latvia5301—
Malta3012—
Netherlands177340.44
Poland2325140.27
Portugal142230.67
Romania1910040.48
Sweden164010.70
Slovenia5121—
Slovakia55230.13

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberts ZĪLE LatviaECRSpeeches125 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded
Marit MAIJ NetherlandsS&DSpeeches125 Nov 2025 (verbatim report, official site) For

All votes on this decision, 15

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Separate vote on paragraph 4 Show of hands Adopted
2Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – After § 4 – Am 4 Roll call210 for, 405 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Separate vote on paragraph 18 Counted395 for, 199 against, 55 abstained Adopted
Show the other 14 votesShow the other 12 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – After § 4 – Am 4 Roll call210 for, 405 against, 30 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Separate vote on paragraph 18 Counted395 for, 199 against, 55 abstained Adopted
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Separate vote on paragraph 28 Show of hands Adopted
5Paragraph 29 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘mandatory suspension or’ and ‘through clear indicators or’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
6Paragraph 29 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted272 for, 363 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
7Paragraph 31 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and of creating quotas’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
8Paragraph 31 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted289 for, 325 against, 27 abstained RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
9Paragraph 32 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘legally binding’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
10Paragraph 32 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands RejectedRequested bysplit: Members
11Paragraph 37 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘access to sexual and reproductive health and rights,’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
12Paragraph 37 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Counted375 for, 181 against, 77 abstained AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
13Paragraph 39 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and sexual and reproductive health and rights;’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
14Paragraph 39 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Members
15Final vote — text as a whole A10-0212/2025 – Marit Maij – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call389 for, 213 against, 36 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots · split votes by Members (5).

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0212

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Parliament adopted a resolution assessing how gender equality is integrated into the EU budget for 2021-2024.

The text calls for a comprehensive gender budgeting methodology for the next long-term budget, covering the whole budget cycle and using gender-disaggregated data.

It also asks for EU-level spending targets for gender equality and for accounting for secondary effects and intersectional factors.

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This resolution assesses the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget for 2021-2024, noting its limitations and calling for a comprehensive approach for the next programming period.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2033(INI) · Own-initiative report

2024 budget – assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget

Parliament adopted the text on 25 November 2025. This is its final position on the matter.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 13 February 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 16 October 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 4 November 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 25 November 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Author: Marit MAIJ (S&D)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 24 connections: Running issue: EU fundamental rights · Running issue: Gender Equality Strategy · Running issue: EU long-term budget · Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: EU fundamental rights

Running issue: Gender Equality Strategy

Running issue: EU long-term budget

Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2025). “2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget”. Decision, 25 November 2025. votingId 181617, document A-10-2025-0212, reference 2025/2033(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-25/13 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 25 November 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-11-25/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2025-11-25-13,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-11-25},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-25/13}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-11-25/13},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 181617, document A-10-2025-0212, reference 2025/2033(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-11-25-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-11-25 (CC BY 4.0)}
}