FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES / Women’s rights

EU Council adopted its position on ‘Women on Boards’ Directive

Brussels, 17/10/2022 (Agence Europe)

The EU Council adopted, on Monday 17 October, its first reading position on the directive on a better gender balance among non-executive directors of listed companies in the EU (‘Women on Boards’).

After ten years of deadlock(see EUROPE B12823A17), the Member States, meeting in the EU ‘Agriculture and Fisheries’ Council (AGRIPECHE), have reached the required qualified majority. Unsurprisingly, Poland, Hungary and Sweden were opposed, while the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and...