Brussels, 19/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - The Swedish parental allowance (the “föräldrapenning”), which is paid to people who give up work to look after a child, should be classified as “family benefits” rather than “maternity, paternity and similar benefits”, the European Commission stated in a reasoned opinion sent to the Swedish authorities on Thursday 18 June.
The Commission is calling on Sweden correctly to apply regulation 883/2004 on the coordination rules for Social...