Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 23 January 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 26 February 2026
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 13 April 2026
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 30 April 2026
5. ✓ Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Lead committee

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality FEMM

Author

Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA (EPP)

Shadow rapporteurs

Sabrina REPP (S&D), Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN (Patriots), Laurence TROCHU (ECR), Valérie DEVAUX (Renew), Anna STROLENBERG (Greens), Irmhild BOSSDORF (ESN)

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Anna STROLENBERG (Greens)

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 30 Apr 2026 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 404–102–67

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Divided ÷

   Patriots

   Divided ÷

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament30 Apr 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0158/2026 TA-10-2026-0158

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary13 Apr 2026

   Report A10-0058/2026 A-10-2026-0058

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft15 Jul 2025

   Draft report (FEMM) FEMM-PR-775387

Committee opinions: Opinion (AGRI), Draft opinion (AGRI)

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0058/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0158/2026

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The adopted text removes several calls for gender budgeting and gender-responsive budgeting across EU programmes, including the CAP and cohesion policy. One wording change rephrases the description of women with disabilities in entrepreneurship.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (FEMM) → Report A10-0058/2026

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The report expands significantly, adding detailed recitals on gender equality, violence, and regional challenges, and new operational paragraphs on funding, education, and infrastructure. It introduces specific calls for gender-responsive budgeting, support for women farmers, and measures against gender-based violence, including shelters and legal frameworks. The text now emphasizes intersectionality, covering women with disabilities, migrants, and elderly, and calls for targeted financial instruments like a female founders fund. It also stresses the importance of data collection and the role of the CAP and cohesion policy in supporting women's entrepreneurship. The other changes are formal: updated citations and cross-references.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2124

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2026). “Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions”. Dossier, 30 April 2026. procId 2024-2124, reference 2024/2124(INI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2124 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2124(INI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2124 (CC BY 4.0).

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