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Leading politicians: time for EU to have female leaders
By EUobserver
A group of 70 leading EU figures on Thursday published a joint call for a "gender-balanced" leadership of the European Union as voters head to the polls. There has never been a female president of the European Commission or the European Council. The group included former prime ministers, artists, candidates for the job as well as Federica Mogherini, the EU's current foreign commissioner and highest-placed woman.