The EU should cut subsidies to member states that violate Brussels’ gender equality legislation, a leading left-wing MEP told Minister Foley as the Kerry politician addressed parliamentarians on the Irish Council Presidency at the sitting of the Parliament’s women’ s committee.
The remarks came in relation to the Irish government’s wish to revive a long-stalled EU equality directive aimed at extending protections for LGBT people and other groups in public services, despite objections from Germany and other European states around excessive costs.
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