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"Parliament wants fathers to have at least ten working days’ paternity leave, in addition to minimum 20 week maternity leave. The Commission has been signalling a worrisome eagerness to kill the proposal within a few months in the name of good legislative housekeeping, but Parliament has overwhelmingly objected today. If we must do it, let’s take the opportunity to restart the process rather than sweep our future under the carpet.
Parliament and the Council are EU legislators on an equal footing, and the EU governments must not be allowed to ignore a majority of elected representatives who want to see a modicum of work-life balance at such a critical moment in family life.
This is the kind of short-sighted, counterproductive penny-pinching that undermines the fabric of our societies to no tangible benefit. Fathers too have a right to experience and contribute to the earliest stages of development of their children across the Union. Paid paternity leave legislation is long overdue too.
It’s interesting to see how conservative forces harp on about family values when they see fit, and yet show such little enthusiasm for a modest improvement in the conditions of working people’s family lives."@en1
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