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摘要

Not even Europe's biggest champion of female board quotas is targeting equality. By 2020, only 40% of board members in Europe's biggest listed companies will be women even if Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for justice, is successful in imposing her quota. Her proposal, which affects those listed firms with annual turnovers of more than €50m, has met fierce resistance from 11 out of the 27 member states. The furore has forced the European Commission (EC) to delay its decision and adopt a "softer" approach without sanctions. The UK's commissioner, a woman (Baroness Ashton), was among the most strongly opposed to the quotas.