Agency for Fundamental Rights - vote (Opinion to Interim report) - 04.02.2021
On 4 February 2021, FEMM Members voted on the draft opinion to the Interim report on the “Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)”. The opinion was adopted by 27 votes in favour, with 6 votes against and 0 abstentions.
The draft opinion calls for improved gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in the FRA work. It commends the FRA's cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), especially in the area of gender-based violence, and encourages this cooperation to be enhanced in order to better tackle domestic and gender-based violence.
The Rapporteur suggests to ask the FRA to prepare a new study on gender-based violence and violence against women in light of COVID-19 and to call for more targeted training for the FRA's personnel in the area of gender-based violence, especially while assisting on fundamental rights issues in migration 'hotspots'.
Members have tabled 46 amendments to this opinion and the Rapporteur has prepared 5 compromise amendments.
Vote on amendments: 1 February 2021.
Vote on opinion: 4 February 2021.