More Women Wanted

The EU wants gender quotas:

Each European Union (EU) member state is granted one candidate for a role at the Commission, but to achieve gender parity, Von Der Leyen is asking states to submit both a man and a woman for consideration. Despite the pressure from the EU president, though, many member states have ignored the request, with only six women being nominated so far alongside sixteen men. Denmark and Italy are also expected to nominate men in the coming days, making the Commission’s composition two-thirds men, a higher rate than when Von der Leyen first became Commission president in 2019. Meanwhile, Thierry Breton of France is among those already selected for Commission positions. .... The European Union Commission and its thousands of bureaucrats are the most powerful arm of the European Union. They can propose new laws, allocate European funding to member states, represent the bloc internationally, and enforce EU laws. President Von der Leyen was only recently re-elected by the European Parliament’s center-left, center-right, and liberal factions, although she was the only candidate in the vote.While several left-wing female European politicians have slammed the idea of a male-dominated Commission—such as Germany’s Europe Minister Anna Lührmann—the broader implications could indicate countries have less confidence in President Von der Leyen and pay less heed to her demands.

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