Three city councilors in Amsterdam are pushing to allow male city councilors to take paternity leave around the birth of a child. Currently, male councilors do not have the option to do so. “As things stand, there are no arrangements in place at all. That’s truly archaic—it’s probably the only job in the Netherlands where that’s still the case," VVD city councilor Daan Wijnants told the Telegraaf.