Making the granting of supplementary pensions to men subject to additional conditions is contrary to Directive 79/7/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security and to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, ruled the Court of Justice of the EU in a judgment delivered on Thursday 15 May (joined cases C-623/33 and C-626/23).
In Spain, two fathers are challenging the Spanish National Institute of Social...