Brussels, 18/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 June, the Employment and Social Policy Council adopted conclusions on “Equal income opportunities for women and men: Closing the gender gap in pensions”.
These conclusions will enable the member states to make progress towards de facto equality between women and men in terms of economic independence. Since pension issues are for the most part a matter of national competence, the member states are separately called upon to address the...