Decision
Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions
- Effect
- Adopted
- Result
- 404 for · 102 against · 67 abstained roll call
- Date
- 30 April 2026, 13:27
- Kind
- Resolution
More facts (9)
- Margin
- by a large majority
- Dossier
- 2024/2124(INI)
- Source
- Committee report by Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska
- Topics
- EU budget & fundsJobs, social affairs & equality Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
- Votes
- 12 votes · 1 roll call
- Requested by
- Members (4 split votes, 1 separate vote)
- Sitting
- Thursday 30 April 2026
- Final vote
- 190658
Result
The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.
Final vote: 404 for, 102 against, 67 abstained (roll call).
Adopted by a large majority.
Parliament adopted the text as its official position.
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 11 parts of the text voted on separately (8 adopted, 3 rejected).
Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by ECR, Patriots and ESN.
Groups
| Group | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Majority line | Clear line | Cohesion | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Left | For 35 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 11 of 46 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Greens | For 45 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 8 of 53 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| S&D | For 110 | Against 0 | Abst. 0 | No vote 25 of 135 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 1.00 | |
| Renew | For 58 | Against 0 | Abst. 6 | No vote 13 of 77 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.86 | |
| EPP | For 119 | Against 2 | Abst. 7 | No vote 57 of 185 | Majority line For | Clear line For | Cohesion 0.89 | |
| ECR | For 1 | Against 38 | Abst. 32 | No vote 10 of 81 | Majority line Against | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.30 | |
| Patriots | For 27 | Against 32 | Abst. 12 | No vote 14 of 85 | Majority line Against | Clear line Divided | Cohesion 0.18 | |
| ESN | For 0 | Against 22 | Abst. 2 | No vote 3 of 27 | Majority line Against | Clear line Against | Cohesion 0.88 | |
| No group | For 9 | Against 8 | Abst. 8 | No vote 5 of 30 | Majority 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.
Voted against their group, 17
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.
Renew line For · 6 abstained of 64 who voted
Abstained (6)
- Ana VASCONCELOS Portugal
- Anouk VAN BRUG Netherlands
- Asger CHRISTENSEN Denmark
- João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO Portugal
- Malik AZMANI Netherlands
- Morten LØKKEGAARD Denmark
EPP line For · 2 voted against, 7 abstained of 128 who voted
Voted against (2)
- Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE Sweden
- Hanna GRONKIEWICZ-WALTZ Poland
Abstained (7)
- Christian DOLESCHAL Germany
- Henrik DAHL Denmark
- Jens GIESEKE Germany
- Markus FERBER Germany
- Massimiliano SALINI Italy
- Paulius SAUDARGAS Lithuania
- Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ Czechia
ESN line Against · 2 abstained of 24 who voted
Abstained (2)
- Roberto VANNACCI Italy
- Sarah KNAFO France
Countries
The final vote by national delegation.
Votes by country (27 delegations)
| Country | For | Against | Abst. | No vote | Cohesion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0.47 |
| Belgium | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.63 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.63 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| Czechia | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0.17 |
| Germany | 58 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 0.57 |
| Denmark | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.46 |
| Estonia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Spain | 36 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 0.79 |
| Finland | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| France | 67 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0.92 |
| Greece | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0.40 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | — |
| Hungary | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.32 |
| Ireland | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Italy | 33 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 0.30 |
| Lithuania | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Latvia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| Netherlands | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.41 |
| Poland | 24 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0.27 |
| Portugal | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.65 |
| Romania | 17 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0.56 |
| Sweden | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0.67 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Slovakia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.59 |
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.
Debate speakers and how they voted
| Member | Group | Speeches | Spoke | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pina PICIERNO changed group Italy | Renew | Speeches3 | 30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Christophe HANSEN Luxembourg | EPP | Speeches2 | 30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | Not in office |
| Camilla LAURETI Italy | S&D | Speeches2 | 30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | For |
| Sabrina REPP Germany | S&D | Speeches2 | 30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) · for the group | For |
| Joachim STREIT Germany | Renew | Speeches2 | 30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | No vote recorded |
| Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN Spain | Patriots | Speeches2 | 30 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) | Against |
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All votes on this decision, 12
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paragraph 10 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘stresses that gender budgeting enables the identification and correction of funding gaps that disadvantage women entrepreneurs, particularly in rural, island and outermost regions;’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 2 | Paragraph 10 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Counted | 262 for, 291 against, 25 abstained Rejected | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 3 | Paragraph 34 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Recalls that, in its special report no 10/21 on gender mainstreaming in the EU budget, the European Court of Auditors found that the Commission had not adequately implemented gender mainstreaming and had made insufficient use of sex-disaggregated data and indicators; highlights, in particular, that the European Court of Auditors regretted that the CAP direct payments system left “no scope for positive action regarding women” and noted that there was “a clear need for a gender analysis of income support paid to farmers through direct payments, including income distribution and its relation with land ownership, eligible land, and recipients of payments”; notes that, as women’s farms are on average smaller than men’s, a surface-based direct payment system necessarily disadvantages women farmers; is deeply concerned that next to no improvements have been made in this regard, neither in the current CAP, nor in the draft published on 16 July 2025;’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
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| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Paragraph 10 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Counted | 262 for, 291 against, 25 abstained Rejected | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 3 | Paragraph 34 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Recalls that, in its special report no 10/21 on gender mainstreaming in the EU budget, the European Court of Auditors found that the Commission had not adequately implemented gender mainstreaming and had made insufficient use of sex-disaggregated data and indicators; highlights, in particular, that the European Court of Auditors regretted that the CAP direct payments system left “no scope for positive action regarding women” and noted that there was “a clear need for a gender analysis of income support paid to farmers through direct payments, including income distribution and its relation with land ownership, eligible land, and recipients of payments”; notes that, as women’s farms are on average smaller than men’s, a surface-based direct payment system necessarily disadvantages women farmers; is deeply concerned that next to no improvements have been made in this regard, neither in the current CAP, nor in the draft published on 16 July 2025;’ | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| No. | Vote | Recorded | Result | Requested by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Paragraph 34 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to implement gender-responsive budgeting across all of its programmes to ensure women and men benefit equally from public spending, including under the CAP;” | Counted | 278 for, 289 against, 18 abstained Rejected | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 5 | Paragraph 70 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘rights and’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 6 | Paragraph 70 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 7 | Separate vote on paragraph 71 | Show of hands | Adopted | |
| 8 | Separate vote on paragraph 87 | Counted | 253 for, 322 against, 8 abstained Rejected | Requested byseparate: Members |
| 9 | Recital C — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and rights’ and ‘including access to safe and legal abortion care’” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 10 | Recital C — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “and rights” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 11 | Recital C — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “including access to safe and legal abortion care” | Show of hands | Adopted | Requested bysplit: Members |
| 12 | Final vote — text as a whole A10-0058/2026 – Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Roll call | 404 for, 102 against, 67 abstained Adopted |
split votes by Members (4) · separate votes by Members.
Text
The text voted on.
AI: What this vote decides Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Parliament adopted a resolution on women's entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions, addressing barriers such as access to finance, childcare, transport, and digital infrastructure.
The text calls for gender mainstreaming across rural development, cohesion, digital, and agricultural policies, and for collecting gender-disaggregated data.
It urges the Commission and member states to ensure post-2027 funding for women's entrepreneurship under CAP, Horizon Europe, and Digital Europe.
The resolution also highlights the need for accessible support systems for victims of gender-based violence in rural areas.
AI: The text in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
This resolution addresses women's entrepreneurship in rural, island, mountainous, and outermost regions. It calls for improved access to funding, education, digital infrastructure, and support services, and for gender mainstreaming across EU policies and budgets.
Dossier
Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.
2024/2124(INI) · Own-initiative report
Parliament adopted the text on 30 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
Show the 5 steps of the dossier
- Referred to committee · 23 January 2025 (done)
- Committee work · Report adopted 26 February 2026 (done)
- Tabled for plenary · 13 April 2026 (done)
- Plenary vote · Adopted 30 April 2026 (done)
- Parliament’s position · Final (done)
Lead committee: FEMM · Author: Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA (EPP)
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official sources
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions”. Decision, 30 April 2026. votingId 190658, document A-10-2026-0058, reference 2024/2124(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-30/8 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 30 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 30 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-30, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-30/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-30-8,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-30},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-30/8}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-30/8},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Decision. votingId 190658, document A-10-2026-0058, reference 2024/2124(INI). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-30-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-30 (CC BY 4.0)}
}