"The Council's refusal to accept the EP's olive branch and even start negotiations on a possible compromise (however unlikely that might be) is petty and vindictive" See the full text: Statewatch Analysis: The EU's Maternity
“The Council’s refusal to accept the EP’s olive branch and even start negotiations on a possible compromise (however unlikely that might be) is petty and vindictive”
See the full text: Statewatch Analysis: The EU’s Maternity Leave Directive: The Council secretly rejects the EP’s olive branch, by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, University of Essex