Slovak MEPs representing Slovakia in the European Parliament are not united in their position on quotas for women in non-executive governing bodies of European companies. On Wednesday, MEPs adopted such a resolution according to which by the year 2020 at least 40 percent of the governing bodies of companies in the EU should be female.
On one end of the spectrum of Slovak politicians in the European Parliament was MEP Katarina Nevedalova (from the Smer-SD party) who claims that she supports the quotas. She reasoned with numbers: while currently 60 percent of all university graduates in the EU are women, women hold only 10 percent of senior management posts. On the other side of the spectrum were conservative MEPs, represented by Slovak MEP Miroslav Mikolasik (Christian Democrats). He believes that people should receive a position in politics and in management boards according to their experience and education. He added that granting quotas for women is more degrading than helpful to them.
