EU enlargement could bring a decrease in women’s representation in the European Parliament after next June’s elections, a report adopted on 6 November highlights.
The fears amongst euro-parliamentarians stem from the fact that amongst the observer MEPs from the acceding countries, only 14.2% are women - of these, Estonia, Malta and Slovenia do not have any female representatives.
Currently women count for 31% of the tota...
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