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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11217
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women

Flexible quota proposed by Italy fails to win over Council

Brussels, 12/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - The Italian Presidency has failed to rally the European delegations behind a highly flexible compromise on a quota of 40% of women on the boards of directors of major European companies. It is now unlikely that a further opportunity for an agreement will arise before June of next year.

Flexible compromise. At the Employment, Social Affairs and Consumers (EPSCO) Council of Thursday 11 December, the Presidency gave up on trying to win over the reluctant...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION - YOUTH
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
INSTITUTIONAL
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
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