Brussels, 06/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - By an overwhelming majority, the member states expressed their disagreement to consider the position of the European Parliament as the basis for a possible compromise on various points of the proposed directive on maternity leave, on the duration (extending maternity leave to 20 weeks), the full pay received by the worker during maternity leave, or on paternity leave (as regards its inclusion in a proposed directive to link it to maternity leave). This...