Brussels, 14/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The 40% quota of women on the boards of directors has passed the first stage of the European Parliament. Companies that do not put in place transparent recruitment procedures to achieve this quota could be excluded from public calls for tender. On Monday 14 October, the Parliamentary committees on women's rights (FEMM) and legal affairs (JURI) adopted by a very comfortable majority, the draft report on respecting the philosophy underpinning the...