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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11319

22 May 2015
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) women
Parliament calls for maternity leave talks to restart

Brussels, 21/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution adopted by 419 votes in favour, 97 against, with 161 abstentions during the plenary session on Wednesday 20 May, the European Parliament called on the European Commission not to withdraw the directive on maternity leave, as it had threatened to do, despite the fact that the text has been blocked at the European Council for the past four years.

MEPs also used this occasion to call on the respective national ministers to restart the talks...

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