Women are still not as well represented as men in the European Parliament where the latest figures from June's election show that the total number of women elected as MEPs remains at around 30 percent.
This figure is slightly lower than the 31.31 percent in the previous legislature.
From the 25 EU states, Sweden is the only EU country that elected more female than male MEPs - 11 out of its 19 elected MEPs are women.
In some other countries representation remains extremely po...
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