Which parliamentary committee and which group should lead the negotiations on the proposal for a directive to introduce European standards on pay transparency (see EUROPE 12671/1)? Discussions on this issue, which have been ongoing since early March in the European Parliament, were finalised this week.
Two committees will work together on this issue: the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM).
The name of the FEMM Committee’s rapporteur was confirmed to EUROPE on Thursday 8 April: it is Samira Rafaela (Renew Europe), a Dutch MEP who is also a member of the EMPL Committee.
In the EMPL Committee, the dossier was quickly entrusted to Kira Peter-Hansen (Greens/EFA, Denmark), who also sits on the FEMM Committee.
“This proposal touches upon both the fundamentals of gender equality and the improvement of workers’ rights. As FEMM rapporteur, I am therefore looking forward to working on this proposal together with the EMPL Committee. I am convinced our Committees’ points of view are complementary”, reacted Samira Rafaela.
Speaking to the FEMM Committee last month (see EUROPE 12678/22), Kira Peter-Hansen also said she was counting on the expertise of each of the committees to “develop an ambitious position for the Parliament and push for change in the European labour market”. (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)