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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10968

22 November 2013
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women
Quotas - “We are past point of ideological fight” (Reding)

Strasbourg, 21/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament has overwhelmingly said yes to a quota of 40% of women on the boards of directors of large European companies quoted on the stock exchange from 2020 onwards (see EUROPE 10967). This Wednesday 20 November was described as “historic” by Vivianne Reding, European Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, who was behind this controversial text. Determined to shatter the famous “glass ceiling”, which has kept the proportion of...

Contents

EUROPEAN DEBATES
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EXTERNAL ACTION