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Written question – Unacceptable reference to gender self-identification ‘without age restrictions’ in the EU LGBTIQ+ equality strategy for 2026-2030 – E-004172/2025

Source: European Parliament

22.10.2025

Question for written answer  E-004172/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Geadis Geadi (ECR), Stephen Nikola Bartulica (ECR), Nora Junco García (ECR), Diego Solier (ECR), Miriam Lexmann (PPE), Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR), Claudiu-Richard Târziu (ECR), Paolo Inselvini (ECR), Ondřej Dostál (NI), Roman Haider (PfE), Anna Zalewska (ECR), Jaroslav Bžoch (PfE), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (ECR), Guillaume Peltier (ECR), Daniel Obajtek (ECR), Georgiana Teodorescu (ECR), Branko Grims (PPE), Erik Kaliňák (NI), Mary Khan (ESN), Milan Uhrík (ESN), Elisabeth Dieringer (PfE), Laurence Trochu (ECR), Christine Anderson (ESN), Marion Maréchal (ECR), Volker Schnurrbusch (ESN), Nicolas Bay (ECR), Katarína Roth Neveďalová (NI), Nikolaos Anadiotis (NI), Fernand Kartheiser (NI), Tom Vandendriessche (PfE), François-Xavier Bellamy (PPE), Malika Sorel (NI), Fredis Beleris (PPE), Petar Volgin (ESN), Christophe Gomart (PPE), Nikola Bartůšek (PfE), Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă (NI), Ivaylo Valchev (ECR), Sarah Knafo (ESN), Loránt Vincze (PPE), Sebastian Kruis (PfE), Massimiliano Salini (PPE), Irmhild Boßdorf (ESN), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR), Fabrice Leggeri (PfE), Karlo Ressler (PPE), Tomislav Sokol (PPE)

This week, the Commission published its LGBTIQ+ equality strategy for 2026-2030, which promotes the possibility of self-identifying one’s gender ‘without age restrictions’.

In most EU countries, minors are not allowed to make decisions with serious consequences, such as buying alcohol, voting or getting a tattoo. Nevertheless, the Commission proposes authorising children to determine their own gender, even though they do not fully understand the consequences that such a decision will have on their lives.

In the light of the above:

  • 1.How does the Commission justify making ‘gender self-identification without age restrictions’ possible when it is clear that a minor does not have the maturity necessary to make such a decisive and life-changing decision?
  • 2.How does it intend to protect the fundamental right of parents to protect their children from external pressure and inappropriate decisions?
  • 3.On what scientific and sociological basis does it argue that minors can determine their gender without age restrictions, when they do not have the right to make decisions about other fundamental aspects of their lives?

Submitted: 22.10.2025