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Maternity leave – ALDE deplores that EP role as co-legislator is, once again, ignored by Member States and the European Commission

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament deplores the withdrawal by the Commission of the proposal for a new maternity leave directive and calls on the European Commission to bring forward a new legislative propo…

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Gender equality: Liberals and Democrats welcome historic call for action

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats welcome the strong adoption today by the European Parliament of a key report on the EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015. The report contains proposals for binding instruments to …

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Maternity leave- Commission and Council must respect the role of the EP as co-legislator

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament deplores the lack of commitment towards legislation on EU-wide maternity leave from the Member States and the European Commission. While the formers have been blocking this…

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