FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Gender equality

Helena Dalli finds continuing lack of common approach in EU Council on ‘Women on Boards’ directive “disappointing”

Brussels, 06/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 6 December, EU social affairs ministers took stock of two of the legislative dossiers that have been stuck in the hands of the Member States for several years: the so-called ‘Women on Boards’ directive (see EUROPE B12575A19, B12578A26), presented in 2012, and the directive on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment (see EUROPE B12740A19), presented in 2008.

On the first directive - which aims to introduce a 40% requirement for women on company boards - EU...