Procedure

Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment

2021/2080(INI)·9th term·FEMM·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): WEISS Pernille (EPP)
Summary

An own-initiative report on reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment. The amendments frame female entrepreneurs and the self-employed as an under-utilised source of growth and jobs, link economic empowerment to gender equality, education and the green and digital transformations, and identify barriers such as gender stereotypes, lack of training, financing and networks, and difficulties reconciling work and family life.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    8 Dec 2021
  2. Plenary vote — Passed
    3 May 2022 · On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
  3. Procedure completed
195
Amendments
distinct, in window
31
Members
tabled at least one
1
Committee(s)
8 Dec 2021
Dates

Plenary votes

1 roll-call votes

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  1. 3 May 2022Main votePassedoutcome from totals
    On the motion for a resolution — the text as a whole
    Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
    542 for43 against52 abstentions68 did not vote
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Official amendment documents

Full record

Members who amended this procedure

31 Members · by amendment count
1🇵🇱
Robert BIEDROŃ
Socialists & Democrats · Poland
34
2🇵🇹
Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Socialists & Democrats · Portugal
34
3🇱🇹
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ
Socialists & Democrats · Lithuania
34
4🇸🇰
Monika BEŇOVÁ
Non-attached · Slovakia
34
5🇪🇸
Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
33
6🇳🇱
Samira RAFAELA
Renew Europe · Netherlands
33
7🇩🇰
Karen MELCHIOR
Renew Europe · Denmark
33
8🇫🇷
Irène TOLLERET
Renew Europe · France
33
9🇧🇪
Hilde VAUTMANS
Renew Europe · Belgium
33
10🇮🇹
Pina PICIERNO
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
33
11🇫🇷
Sylvie BRUNET
Renew Europe · France
30
12🇪🇸
María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS
Renew Europe · Spain
30
13🇩🇰
Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN
Greens / EFA · Denmark
24(24 solo)
14🇪🇸
Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
Patriots for Europe · Spain
23(23 solo)
15🇩🇪
Christine ANDERSON
Europe of Sovereign Nations · Germany
22(22 solo)
16🇫🇮
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
European People's Party (EPP) · Finland
21(9 solo)
17🇸🇪
Abir AL-SAHLANI
Renew Europe · Sweden
20
18🇩🇰
Pernille WEISS
European People's Party (EPP) · Denmark
16
19🇸🇪
Arba KOKALARI
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
16
20🇩🇪
Christine SCHNEIDER
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
16
21🇦🇹
Angelika WINZIG
European People's Party (EPP) · Austria
16(1 solo)
22🇪🇸
Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT
European People's Party (EPP) · Spain
15(5 solo)
23🇵🇱
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
15
24🇮🇪
Frances FITZGERALD
European People's Party (EPP) · Ireland
15
25🇵🇹
Maria da Graça CARVALHO
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
15

The amendments, in full text

195 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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