Resumen de The European Parliament and gender equalitypromotion through parliamentary diplomacy

Davor Jancic

• This article analyses the European Parliament’s (EP’s) gender equalitypromotion through parliamentary diplomacy by examining: (a) the relevantstrategic, policy and legal frameworks; and (b) the political practice ofgender-oriented parliamentary diplomacy in the 9th parliamentary term(2019–2024) towards Saudi Arabia by three key EP institutional actors: theplenary, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the interparliamentary delegationfor relations with the Arab Peninsula. The insights are drawn from the datacollected through documentary analysis and qualitative analysis in the formof interviews and a survey carried out with Members of the EP (MEPs) andadministrative staff. The article argues that the case of gender equality showsthat the EP is a highly advanced diplomatic player displaying significantpotential to mainstream core EU norms abroad, but that its influence hingesboth on the specific socio-cultural and political circumstances in the partnercountry and on the internal dynamics operating within the EP.