The Proposal for a European Directive on Parental Leave: some reasons why it failed

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The proposal for a directive on parental leave emerged in 1982 as a controversial means of putting child care firmly on the agenda of the European Community. Ina period of worsening economic crisis, other equality law proposals were delayed or watered down. This article reviews the rhetoric behind the parental leave proposal and the institutional and political hurdles encountered. It concludes by emphasising the influence of domestic factors. In particular, the sensitive state of labour relations in Belgium and The Netherlands and the centralised nature of decision-making in the United Kingdom assisted a loss of momentum which led to the isolated UK veto at the Council of Ministers in 1985.

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