FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Gender equality

EU-listed companies should aim to have at least 40% of their non-executive director positions held by women starting mid-2026

Brussels, 08/06/2022 (Agence Europe)

After three sessions of interinstitutional negotiations, representatives of the European Parliament and the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union reached a provisional political agreement, on the evening of Tuesday 7 June, on the proposal for a directive aimed at increasing the presence of women on the boards of listed European companies (see EUROPE B12912A11).

Blocked in the EU Council for ten years due in particular to German opposition (see EUROPE B12910A16), the agreed...