"Action lines to reduce the remuneration gap between women and men": the Barroso Commission issues a document tackling causes and proposing interventions in the Member States to oppose wage differences within the European Union, to the detriment of women. According to the Executive, "women earn 15% less than their male colleagues on the average", with parity of tasks, "and nothing indicates a trend inversion". The datum was defined through an analysis of the hourly gross remuneration in various economic fields, and in all Member States. But according to the economists in Brussels, "such difference reflects the other numerous discriminations and inequalities", making the presence of women weaker in the working world. "Reducing the working remuneration gap says Commissioner Vladimir Spidla, who’s now submitting the document to the EU Council and Parliament is part of the objectives of the Strategy of Lisbon for growth and employment". The text illustrates the national data, showing that the bigger remuneration gaps between the two sexes are in Estonia (25%) and Slovakia (24%).
