2 minutes agoNew European Parliament With More Eurodeputte Women
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)After the May European elections, for the first time, in Jean Claude Juncker's chair or Donald Tusk could land a female. This is after appeals to a female leader at the helm of the EU have been reinforced as a result of the results of these elections, which have led to a more [...] number in the European Parliament.
After the May European elections, for the first time, in Jean Claude Juncker's chair or Donald Tusk could land a female.
This is after appeals to a female leader at the helm of the EU have been reinforced as a result of the results of these elections, which have caused a larger number of women to be found in the European Parliament than ever before.
However, male Eurodeputs continue to dominate by occupying 60 per cent of the EU legislature, according to a first analysis of the 26 May election results.
The number of female eurodeputs has increased significantly from 36 percent five years ago to 39 percent, or 286 in a total of 751 countries.
11 member states strengthened gender quotas in the 2019 elections, even making the number of women Eurodepute higher compared to that of the London House of Comuns, where 32 percent of MPs are women and that of the US House of Representatives with 23.6 percent women.
The results, however, leave the European Parliament to rank behind the world's 16 parliaments in the sense of representing women. Six of the 28 member states, including Sweden, Finland, France, Slovenia, Luxembourg, have brought a larger number of female deputies to the European Parliament. Cyprus, however, has not elected any female deputy and Slovakia only two.
