The share of women in the European Parliament has decreased for the tirst time ever.

The newly elected European Parliament consists of 61.3% male, 38.6% female and 0.1% diverse MEPs. But what does it actually look like in the respective member states?

This visual illustrates the gender balance between female, male and diverse Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in each member state.

Source: European Parliament

  • cabbageEnglish
    55•4 months ago

    Worth keeping in mind that the number of MEPs vary between countries, according to size. So while Germany has 96 MEPs, Cyprus only has six.

    So while Cyprus is not looking good in this chart, it’s not necessarily the worst in Europe despite coming off that way.

    Romania has 33 MEPs, six of which are female according to this post (18%). From Malta, 1/6 is female.

    • @RednaxEnglish
      9•4 months ago

      They should have put the actual number of MEPs in the charts, instead of the percentages.