Swedish minister brings baby to EU meeting, a first for the bloc

EU governments’ ministers gathered for a long day’s discussion of Climate Change Policies on Thursday were surprised by a fresh-faced participant at their negotiating table: a three-month-old baby.Swedish Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari brought her son, Adam, to the EU council meeting in Luxembourg, to ‌highlight the benefits of Parental Leave Policies which do not force women to choose between work and family responsibilities.“I wanted to showcase being an example of not having to make that choice. Which, of course, also requires having a partner that’s not a dinosaur, someone who’s quite modern and up for it to tag along,” Pourmokhtari said.