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One step forward, two steps back
The 2022 general election was supposed to herald a new era in terms of the counting process with the introduction of electronic counting. The overriding objective was to speed up…
Has the gender mechanism backfired?
The number of female candidates directly elected to parliament in a general election has dropped to a 25-year low with just four women winning a seat without having to rely…
EU Directive on Women on Boards
On March 14, employment and social affairs ministers in the Council of the EU agreed on a proposed EU Directive aiming to improve the gender balance among non-executive directors of…
Future of Europe: first debate on Conference proposals wraps up
The Conference on the Future of Europe is in its final phase, following last weekend’s exchanges on preliminary draft proposals on all themes. The Plenary and the nine Working Groups started working on the…