As from the presentation by the Commission of its first draft, in June 2011, Union Syndicale accepted the underlying budgetary constraint to save 1 billion euros during the next financial perspective period, but expresse dits strong opposition to some of the proposals, mainly :

Union Syndicale subsequently learned with satisfaction and relief that the Committee for Womenʹs Rights and Gender Equality intended to give an opinion on that proposal. The aspects of the Commissionʹs proposals that we think affect women most particularly are:

The STAFF of the General Secretariat of the Council, meeting in General Assembly on 21 June 2011,(...)