From a report in the Times today:
Malta's Commissioner nominee Tonio Borg said during his grilling by MEPs yesterday that he supported the proposal, which was voted upon by Commissioners yesterday.
Nine EU countries, including Britain, the Netherlands and Malta, made clear their opposition to the law in September. But one of the nine, Bulgaria, has since changed its mind, said one EU source.
The Commission estimates that women currently account for fewer than 15 per cent of non-executive board positions in companies with more than 250 staff.
The new proposal would oblige these companies to favour "the underrepresented sex" from 2016 onward until a share of 40 per cent is reached, a source said.
Member countries would have the power to determine and impose sanctions on firms that did not obey the rule.
And from another report in the Times yesterday:
The European Commission has dropped a plan to force firms to give 40 percent of non-executive board positions to women in favour of a less drastic obligation to favour female candidates where they are equally qualified, an EU source said on Tuesday. The quota proposal had run into opposition from a number of countries, led by Britain, and from large firms.
One conculsion can immediately be drawn from these reports. If favouring female candidates when they are equally qualified is the less drastic measure, then the EC is admitting that as many, including this blog, pointed out, the original quota proposal would have favoured female candidates even when they were less qualified. No matter how much Helena Dalli assures us that it will not, while ironically speaking about meritocracy. Meritocracy and quotas do not go hand-in-hand. To chose by merit you have to treat people as unique individuals, not as representatives of some sub-group, be it gender, sexual orientation, religious belief or ethnic origins. There is no such thing as minorities. There is the smallest minority: the individual.
I cannot for the life of me understand why the EU has become intent to become as communist as the ex-USSR and treat citizens as groups rather than as different and unique individuals, why it is more focused on statistical outcomes than on the real issues, why it has decided to go from a Europe of free trade and co-operation to a Europe of imposed directives, from a Europe of freedom to a Europe of beaurocrats who think it apt to decide how companies should best manage themselves.
The European Commission has adopted Viviane Reding's proposal for a European law that would see women represent 40 per cent of company board members by 2020.
This was announced by Commissioner Reding on twitter this morning.
Malta's Commissioner nominee Tonio Borg said during his grilling by MEPs yesterday that he supported the proposal, which was voted upon by Commissioners yesterday.
Nine EU countries, including Britain, the Netherlands and Malta, made clear their opposition to the law in September. But one of the nine, Bulgaria, has since changed its mind, said one EU source.
The Commission estimates that women currently account for fewer than 15 per cent of non-executive board positions in companies with more than 250 staff.
The new proposal would oblige these companies to favour "the underrepresented sex" from 2016 onward until a share of 40 per cent is reached, a source said.
Member countries would have the power to determine and impose sanctions on firms that did not obey the rule.
And from another report in the Times yesterday:
The European Commission has dropped a plan to force firms to give 40 percent of non-executive board positions to women in favour of a less drastic obligation to favour female candidates where they are equally qualified, an EU source said on Tuesday. The quota proposal had run into opposition from a number of countries, led by Britain, and from large firms.
One conculsion can immediately be drawn from these reports. If favouring female candidates when they are equally qualified is the less drastic measure, then the EC is admitting that as many, including this blog, pointed out, the original quota proposal would have favoured female candidates even when they were less qualified. No matter how much Helena Dalli assures us that it will not, while ironically speaking about meritocracy. Meritocracy and quotas do not go hand-in-hand. To chose by merit you have to treat people as unique individuals, not as representatives of some sub-group, be it gender, sexual orientation, religious belief or ethnic origins. There is no such thing as minorities. There is the smallest minority: the individual.
I cannot for the life of me understand why the EU has become intent to become as communist as the ex-USSR and treat citizens as groups rather than as different and unique individuals, why it is more focused on statistical outcomes than on the real issues, why it has decided to go from a Europe of free trade and co-operation to a Europe of imposed directives, from a Europe of freedom to a Europe of beaurocrats who think it apt to decide how companies should best manage themselves.
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