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    'The first cracks in the glass ceiling': EU votes to impose legal quotas for women in the boardroom

    Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, hails breakthrough, but critics question whether compulsory targets are the best way forward

    The EU Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, hailed "the first cracks in the glass ceiling" but critics question whether compulsory targets are the best way for women to finally smash through, and Britain is expected to oppose the new rules.

    Dismayed by figures showing that men make up more than 85 per cent of non-executive board members in the Europe Union, Ms Reding last year proposed mandatory quotas to boost the representation of women at high levels of business.

    Her plans to redress the boardroom imbalance by requiring large, listed companies to give 40 per cent of non-executive board seats to women by 2020 provoked criticism in some countries, with British officials arguing that such policy matters were best left up to national governments.

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