The
French government on Sunday evening voted a record number of 233
women into parliament, after President Emmanuel Macron's decision to field a
gender-balanced candidate list for his victorious Republic on the Move (LREM)
party.
Of the 577 newly elected
lawmakers, 233 were female, beating the previous record of 155 set after the
last election.
The new record saw the French country leapfrogging from 64th to
17th in the world rankings of female parliamentary representation and to 6th
place in Europe, overtaking Britain and Germany, according to
Inter-parliamentary Union data compiled at the start of June.
The report also revealed
that Female representation in the National Assembly has risen steadily, from
12.3 percent at the 2002 election to 38.6 percent this time.
LREM, which won an
overwhelming majority in Sunday’s ballot, had the highest proportion
of women elected, at 47 percent.
“For the first time
under the (postwar) Fifth Republic, the National Assembly will be deeply
renewed, more diverse, younger,” the party’s acting president, Catherine
Barbaroux, said.
“But above all, allow me
to rejoice, because this is a historic event for the representation of women in
the National Assembly', she added.
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