18/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday 17 June, the European Parliament adopted (by 352 votes to 85, with 176 abstentions) the report by Raül Romeva i Rueda on “Gender aspects of the economic downturn and financial crisis”. Thus, Parliament calls on the Council, the Commission, member states and the special Parliamentary committee on the financial crisis to make sure that recovery plans and structural adjustment programmes undergo a gender-impact assessment. It also...