On Wednesday 16 March, the European Parliament’s Committees on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted by a large majority (46 votes in favour, 8 against, 2 abstentions) the mandate voted by the previous assembly in 2013 on the directive on gender balance in management boards.
Evelyn Regner (S&D, Austria), rapporteur for the FEMM Committee since the negotiations began 10 years ago, particularly welcomed this, stressing the importance of binding...