MORE WOMEN IN THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS
Published Date: December 31st, 2008Category: Equality between women and men
The preparation for the elections to the European Parliament next 7 June 2009 are now beginning.
More than 750 MEPs will be elected, as well as a new President of Parliament and a new European Commission.
How many women will take part of these representatives? How many women there will be in the places where decisions are made?
A few days ago, the Vice President of the European Commission, Margot Wallstrom, said that when deciding who should occupy the seats of most power over the EU it will be taken into account many factors such as the geographical balance among the “old” States and the “new” ones, the balance between groups of the right, center and left, the balance between large and small states, … but wondered Mrs. Wällstrom: “What about the balance between men and women?”
On the 50th anniversary of the European institutions, there has never been a woman President of the Commission and of a total of 12 presidents of the European Parliament, only 2 were women.
The next European Parliament elections give us the opportunity to improve this situation, voting those lists were the balance between men and women are insured, and without cheating: in predictable places of choice, as many men as women . Because if these lists win, the projection in the choice of top managers will be much more assured.
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