Posted on 09/04/2012 9:04:17 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The EU commissioner for justice and home affairs, Viviane Reding, will table a proposal in October or November that would fine or sanction state-owned companies whose supervisory boards are composed of less than 40 percent of women by 2020.
The draft legislative proposal—seen by the International Herald Tribune and the Financial Times—aims to tackle persistent gender imbalances across the EU. …
Women currently occupy less than 14 percent of board positions in top publicly-listed companies, according to EU data published in January. In 2010, it was 11.8 percent. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...
It’s right out of Atlas Shrugged. As economies collapse, as political coalitions crumble, the do-gooders can always come up with more disruptive ideas which add no value at all, but which will exacerbate all economic, political, and social situations.
If she “tables” a proposal take means it is not going to be voted on.
Did the author mean this proposal was “put on the table” indicating it would be voted on?
Keep on fiddling while Europe burns.
“State-owned companies”... one of the myriad reasons Europe is burning
I think “tables” has the opposite meaning in the EUSSR
“take” should be “this”
Wow. As the EU sinks gracefully beneath the waves, the little white-knuckled Stalinists are fighting desperately for the deck chairs with the best view.
Remember dears, "Port Out, Starboard Home" (POSH).
In the EU, to “table” essentially means to push a law through.
The way the legislative process works over there is for the unelected Commission to draft a law, for the European Parliament to vote on it (i.e. give it the rubber stamp), and then for the law to come back to the Commission to pass the law if the Parliament rubber-stamped it. Doesn’t sound like separation of powers, does it? (The Parliament isn’t allowed to write any laws.)
"As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.” Isaiah 3:12
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