The ministers for social policy met on Monday in Brussels — but there was no progress on matters related to the equal treatment directive. (Photo: Wikipedia)

17 years on, and no resolution in sight for EU equal treatment directive

EU Political

Health & Society

Labour

by Hannah Kriwak, Brussels,

Seventeen years, countless council meetings, and still no agreement. The EU's Equal Treatment Directive remains blocked, as was highly-apparent during a council meeting on Monday (1 December).

The directive was proposed by the commission 17 years ago, in 2008.

In 2009 the European Parli...

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EU Political Health & Society Labour

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Hannah Kriwak is a junior reporter from Austria at EUobserver, covering European politics.

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The ministers for social policy met on Monday in Brussels — but there was no progress on matters related to the equal treatment directive. (Photo: Wikipedia)