The principle of gender equality must play a role in our budget choices

Budgets are not neutral. They can be indicators of the commitment to meeting women's needs, for example, and to achieving gender equality. Therefore, the EESC’s Commission for Financial and Budgetary Affairs, which I preside over, has decided to make an in-depth analysis of Gender Budgeting and look into how it could potentially be applied to the EESC budget in future.