Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ______
EL GREECE
This case study presents the situation in Greece as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in Greece regarding the application of gender quotas
2009-2013: 2262 Number of seats in the EP 2013-2014: 21
System type: Preferential Voting Threshold: Seats are allocated among all the lists of parties or coalitions of parties who obtain the 3% of the votes. The votes of Greeks living in other EU Member States are also counted. Number of constituencies: Single electoral constituency Compulsory voting: Yes. The obligation to vote in all Electoral System type for levels of elections is defined by in the Constitution the EP election 2014 (Art.51 par.3) and the Electoral Code. Legal Sources: Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage, Official Journal L 278, 08/10/1976 P. 0005 – 0011. Constitution of 1976 Law for European Elections No. 4255/2014
National gender quotas YES, Legislated Candidate Quotas apply, introduced with Law apply: Yes/No 4255/2014 (Law for European Elections) , Article 3 par. 3
Article 34 par. 3 of Law 4255/2014 states that at least one- If yes, describe what type third of political parties’ candidate lists, must be filled with (share of women, zipper candidates of each sex. Any decimal number is rounded to the system, etc) next whole unit if the fraction is half or more. No rank order/ placement rules.
Are there sanctions for If the gender quota requirement is not met, the party list is not non-compliance? (legal or accepted by the Supreme Court. financial) explain
(State Legal source and Law 4255/2014
62 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated . Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014).
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Additional comments //
The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014 2009-2014 Name of the list or Name of Currently Electoral affiliated to independent the list in represented in college political group candidate English the EP in the EP
Νέα Δημοκρατία New YES / EPP (Nea Dimokratia) Democracy 5/ 2
Ελιά YES (Elia) Pasok: 4/4 Alliance of Panhellenic Olive Tree Socialist Movement Democratic / Kriton Arsenis / Pasok + Pact for the Alignment MEP became New Greece + Dynamic Greece + independent in New Reformers May 2013
Bridges Recreate Greece: (union No current MEPs Γέφυρες ΑCTION: ALDE of Recreate / + (Gefires) / Greece + Act Action: ion (Drassi)) 1/0 in ALDE
One current MEP sitting for the Έλληνες Ευρωπαίοι German Free Greek Πολίτες Democratic Party European / / (Hellines Evropaioi (Jorgo Citizens Polites) Chatzimarkakis ALDE) 1M/0
Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι – Κόμμα Πειρατών EcoGreens - YES (EcoGreens) Ελλάδος Greek / G/EFA 1M/0 (Ιkologi Prasini – Pirates Koma Piraton Ellados)
Συνασπισμός Coalition of Ριζοσπαστικής the Radical YES Αριστεράς Left – / GUE/NGL 1M/0 ΣΥΡΙΖΑ Unitary (SIRIZA) Social Front
Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδος Communist YES ΚΚΕ Party of / GUE/NGL 2M/0 (Κomunistiko Koma Greece Ellados)
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Το Ποτάμι To Potami The River / No current MEPs / (it is a populist pro- European party)
Current MEP Δημοκρατική Αριστερά elected as a Democratic ΔΗΜΑΡ / Pasok member / Left Dimar (Marilena Koppa S&D)
Ανεξάρτητοι Έλληνες Independent / Νo current MEPs / (Αneksartiti Ellines) Greeks
Front of the ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ Greek / No current MEPs / (Antarsya) Anticapitalist Left
Χρυσή Αυγή Golden / No current MEPs / (Chrysi Avgi) Dawn
Society of Κοινωνία Αξιών / No current MEPs / Values
Πράσινοι Greens / No current MEPs /
Drachma – Δραχμή, Ελληνικό Democratic / NO / Δημοκρατικό Κίνημα Movement
Ένωση για την Union for the Πατρίδα και τον Λαό Homeland / NO / (Enosi gia tin Patrida and the kai ton Lao) People
ΣΧΕΔΙΟ Β’ Plan B’ / ΝΟ / (Sxedio B)
Οργάνωση Organisation Κομμουνιστών of Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας Communists / ΝΟ / ΟΚΔΕ International (Organosi Komuniston ist of Greece Diethniston Elladas)
Ενιαίο Παλλαϊκό Μέτωπο ΕΠΑΜ Single All- / ΝΟ / (Eniaio Pallaiko People Front Metopo EPAM)
Εθνικό Μέτωπο Hellenic / ΝΟ / (Ethniko Metopo) Front
Ένωση Κεντρώων Union of / ΝΟ / (Enosi Kentroon) Centists
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Κόμμα Ισότητας Ειρήνης και Φιλίας Party of ΚΙΕΦ Equality / ΝΟ / (Κoma Isotitas Irinis Peace and kai Filias Friendships KIEF)
Λαϊκός Ορθόδοξος Συναγερμός Popular ΛΑΟΣ Orthodox / ΝΟ / (Laikow Orthodoksos Rally Synagermos LAOS)
Αγωνιστικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδος Greek ΑΣΚΕ Socialist / ΝΟ / (Agonistiko Party of Sosialistiko Koma Heave Ellados ASKE)
Σύνδεσμος Εθνικής National Ενότητας Unity / ΝΟ / (Syndesmos Ethnikis Association Enotitas)
Κοινωνία Society / ΝΟ / (Κinonia)
Κίνημα Εθνικής National Αντίστασης Movement of / ΝΟ / (Kinima Ethnikis Resistance Antistasis)
Κόμμα Ελλήνων Party of Κυνηγών Greek / ΝΟ / (Koma Ellinon Hunters Kinigon)
Εθνική Αυγή National / ΝΟ / (Ethniki Avgi) Dawn
Ανεξάρτητη Independent Ανανεωτική Αριστερά, Left of Ανανεωτική Δεξιά, Renewal, Ανανεωτικό Right of ΠΑΣΟΚ, Ανανεωτική Renewal, Νέα Δημοκρατία, Renewing Οχι Στον Πόλεμο New / ΝΟ / Κόμμα, Επιχείρηση Democracy, Χαρίζω Οικόπεδα No to War Χαρίζω Χρέη Σώζω Party, Ζωές, Παναγροτικό Enterprise of Εργατικό Κίνημα Free Land- Ελλάδος ΠΑ.Ε.Κ.Ε No Debts- (Anexartiti Ananeotiki Save Lives
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Aristera, Ananeotiki Party, Dexia, Ananeotiko Panagrarian PASOK, Ananeotiki Workers Nea Dimokratia, Ohi Party of ston Polemo Koma, Greece Epihirisi Harizo Ikopeda Harizo Hrei Sozo Zoes, Panagrotiko Ergatiko Kinima Ellados PAEKE)
Ε.Ε.Κ. ΤΡΟΤΣΚΙΣΤΕΣ- Trotskyist ΕΡΓΑΤΙΚΟ Communist ΕΠΑΝΑΣΤΑΤΙΚΟ Party- / ΝΟ / ΚΟΜΜΑ Workers (ΕΕΚ Τrotskistes Revolutionar Epanastatiko Koma) y Party
Δημοσθένης Βεργής Greek Έλληνες ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΟΙ Ecologists / ΝΟ / (Dimosthenis Vergis, (Dimostheni Ellines Ikologi) Vergis)
ΟΑΚΚΕ-Οργάνωση για Organisation την Ανασυγκρότηση for the του ΚΚΕ Reconstructi / ΝΟ / (OAKKE – Organosi on of the gia tin Anasygrotisi Communist tou KKE) Party
Ελευθερία Freedom / ΝΟ / (Εleftheria)
ΜΑΡΞΙΣΤΙΚΟ - ΛΕΝΙΝΙΣΤΙΚΟ Marxist- ΚΟΜΜΟΥΝΙΣΤΙΚΟ Leninist ΚΟΜΜΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ Communist / ΝΟ / (Marxistiko – Party of Leninistiko Greece Komunistiko Koma Ellados)
ΚΟΛΛΑΤΟΣ- ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟ Kollatos – ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟ Independent ΚΙΝΗΜΑ-Οικολογικό Political / ΝΟ / Ελληνικό Movement- (Kollatos – Aneksartito Ecologic Politiko Kinima – Greek Ikologiko Elliniko)
Ελπίδα Πολιτείας Polity of / ΝΟ / (Elpida Politias) Hope*
Παναθηναϊκό Κίνημα Panathinaiko / ΝΟ / (Panathinaiko Kinima) s Movement
ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΗ European / ΝΟ /
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ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΗ Free ΣΥΜΜΑΧΙΑ-ΟΥΡΑΝΙΟ Allaince- ΤΟΞΟ Rainbow (Evropaiki Eleftheri Symahia – Uranio Toxo)
Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα Socialist / ΝΟ / (Sosialistiko Koma) Party
Αγροτικό.Κτηνοτροφικ ό. Κόμμα Ελλάδας Agrarian Α.Κ.Κ.ΕΛ. Party of / ΝΟ / (Agrotiko Ktinotrofiko Greece Koma Ellados A.K.K.EL.)
ΠΑΤΡΙΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ- ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΛΑΪΚΗ Patriotic ΣΥΣΠΕΙΡΩΣΙΣ Union – ΕΛ.ΛΑ.Σ. / ΝΟ / Greek (Patriotiki Enosi – Populist Elliniki Laiki Syspirosis ELLAS)
ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ, ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ ΑΝΤΙΜΝΗΜΟΝΙΑΚΟ ΜΕΤΩΠΟ, ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΑΡΜΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, ΠΥΡΙΚΑΥΣΤΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΚΙΝΗΜΑ ΑΜΕΣΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΣ, Independent ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΟΙ / ΝΟ / Greeks ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ- ΠΑΝΟΣ ΚΑΜΜΕΝΟΣ (Anexartiti Ellines, Evropaiko Antimnimoniako Metopo, Panellinio Arma Politon, Elliniko Kinima Amesis Dimokratias, Anexartitoi Ellines – Panos Kamenos)
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Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Νεα Δημοκρατια
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name New Democracy
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 5/2 January 2014)
No special quota for European elections. However, the Statute of the Party generally Party quota applies? Yes /No provides for at least 30% of candidates to be female in its instruments63.
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for EL 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 42 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Giorgos Amyras MALE
2 Giorgos Anestis MALE
3 Anastasios Vasiliadis MALE
4 Eliza Vozemberg FEMALE
5 Christina Giannopapa FEMALE
6 Demosthenes Davvetas MALE
7 Lefteris Demetriou MALE
8 Anastasios Dimoshakis MALE
9 Theodoros Zagorakis MALE
63 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL- FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
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10 Grigoris Zafiropoulos MALE
11 Ioanna Kalantzakou FEMALE
12 Dimitris Karageorgiou MALE
13 Benjamin Karakostanoglou MALE
14 Pantelis Karaleftheris MALE
15 Ilias Karantai MALE
16 Manolis Kefalogiannis MALE
17 Vassilis Korkidis MALE
18 Giorgos Kotsiras MALE
19 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (MEP) FEMALE
20 Giorgos Kimparidis MALE
21 Konstantinos Kyranakis MALE
22 Giorgos Kyrtsos MALE
23 Athanasios Lioutas MALE
24 Manolis Mavromatis MALE
25 Giorgos Momferatos MALE
26 Eleni Mouzala FEMALE
27 Konstantinos Mousouroulis MALE
28 Stavros Xarhakos MALE
29 Penelope Panagiotopoulou FEMALE
30 Nikos Peppas MALE
31 Eleftheria Pikrou-Moraitaki FEMALE
32 Natasha Ragiou FEMALE
33 Zoi Rapti FEMALE
34 Maria Spyraki FEMALE
35 Nikos Stergiou MALE
36 Christodoulos Stefanadis MALE
37 Grigoris Tassios MALE
38 Niki Tzavela (MEP EFD) FEMALE
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39 Fotini Tomai FEMALE
40 Christina Chalilopoulou FEMALE
41 Maria Chatzinasiou FEMALE
42 Konstantinos Cholevas MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 67%-33%
Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς
Application of party gender quota
Coalition of the Radical Left – Unitary Social English Translation of party name Front
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 1/0 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No ΝΟ64
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for EL 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 42 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Sia Anagnostopoulou FEMALE
2 Kriton Arsenis (MEP) MALE
3 Giannis Arhontopoulos MALE
4 Dimitris Varnavas MALE
5 Manolis Glezos MALE
6 Charis Golemis MALE
64 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL- FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
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7 Natassa Theodorakopoulou FEMALE
8 Alekos Kalyvis MALE
9 Nikitas Kanakis MALE
10 Maria Karamesini FEMALE
11 Giorgos Katrougalos MALE
12 Themis Kotsyfakis MALE
13 Stelios Kouloglou MALE
14 Konstantina Kouneva FEMALE
15 Giorgos Kyritsis MALE
16 Christos Laskos MALE
17 Dimitra Manoli FEMALE
18 Sotiris Martalis MALE
19 Osman Oumit Mestan MALE
20 Giannis Milios MALE
21 Alexis Benos MALE
22 Giannis Bournous MALE
23 Ilias Nikolopoulos MALE
24 Nikos Ksydakis MALE
25 Dimitris Papadimoulis MALE
26 Sofi Papadogianni FEMALE
27 Pety Perka FEMALE
28 Pepi Rigopoulou FEMALE
29 Savvas Rompolis MALE
30 Sofia Sakorafa FEMALE
31 Rania Svigkou FEMALE
32 Despoina Spanou FEMALE
33 Magda Spiliopoulou FEMALE
34 Eleni Sotiriou FEMALE
35 Giannis Tolios MALE
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36 Alkistis Tsoulakou FEMALE
37 Giorgos Fountoulakis MALE
38 Nikos Chountis MEP MALE
39 Alexandra Christakaki FEMALE
40 Tasia Christodoulopoulou FEMALE
41 Dimitris Christopoulos MALE
42 Kostas Crysogonos MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 62%-38%
Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδος
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Communist Party of Greece
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 2/0 January 2014)
NO There is only a general provision that Party quota applies? Yes /No women’s participation in the instruments of the Party should be promoted. European Elections are not specially mentioned.65
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
YES (by the Supreme Court, legislative Are the lists monitored? Yes/No quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
65 http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=89
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In total for EL 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 42 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Nikos Aggelou MALE
2 Charalampos Angourakis (MEP) MALE
3 Nikos Ampatielos MALE
4 Vasiliki (Vicky) Arapi FEMALE
5 Alekos Arvanitidis MALE
6 Dimitrios Vitalis MALE
7 Maria Gavala FEMALE
8 Theodora Drimala FEMALE
9 Eirini (Roula) Eleftheriadou FEMALE
10 Nikos Exarchos MALE
11 Sotiris Zarianopoulos MALE
12 Dimitris Theodoropoulos MALE
13 Theano Kapeti FEMALE
14 Manolis Karantousas MALE
15 Antonis Katsas MALE
16 Manolis Korakis MALE
17 Tilemachos Louggis MALE
18 Giorgos Margaritis MALE
19 Rizos Maroudas MALE
20 Michalis Michail MALE
21 Vasileios Nikakis MALE
22 Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos MALE
23 Giorgos Ntagkounakis MALE
24 Giannis Ntouniadakis MALE
25 Pavlos Orkopoulos MALE
26 Christina Panagiotakopoulou FEMALE
27 Natassa Panagiotara FEMALE
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28 Kostas Papadakis MALE
29 Makis Papadopoulos MALE
30 Panagiotis Politis MALE
31 Louisa Razou FEMALE
32 Afroditi Retziou FEMALE
33 Eleftheria (Eri) Ritsou FEMALE
34 Kostas Siettos MALE
35 Maria-Eirini (Mairini) Stefanidi FEMALE
36 Giota Tavoulari FEMALE
37 Giannis Tasioulas MALE
38 Giorgos Toussas MEP MALE
39 Effie Chaliou FEMALE
40 Aggeliki Chatzidimitriou FEMALE
41 Mourat Chatzoglou MALE
42 Theodoros Chionis MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 67%-33%
Οικολόγοι Πράσινοι / Ψηφοδέλτιο με Έλληνες Πειρατές
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name EcoGreens/Pirates
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 1/0 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO66
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
YES (by the Supreme Court, legislative quota Are the lists monitored? Yes/No applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES
66 http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=89
128 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for EL 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 42 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Iakovos Alavanos MALE
2 Despoina Alatsi FEMALE
3 Dimitris Aleithinos MALE
4 Athina Antypa-Rakatsani FEMALE
5 Eleni Gazi FEMALE
6 Ilias Gianniris MALE
7 Giorgos Dimaras MALE
8 Athanasia Diamantopoulou FEMALE
9 Mohamed El Batta MALE
10 Ioannis Zafeiropoulos MALE
11 Panagiotis Zaharopoulos MALE
12 Efstratios Zolotos MALE
13 Dimitrios Zoupis MALE
14 Sofia Ieremia FEMALE
15 Nikolaos Kalapotharakos MALE
16 Frantzeskos Kallibrousis MALE
17 Kostas Kalogranis MALE
18 Michalis Karagiorgas MALE
19 Emmanouil Kastrinakis MALE
20 Kostas Kitsikis MALE
22 Konstantina Kosmidou FEMALE
22 Dionysis Kragkaris MALE
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23 Vaso Lazopoulou FEMALE
24 Niki Lampropoulou FEMALE
25 Nikos Larygakis MALE
26 Vasileios Laskaris MALE
27 Efstathios Leivaditis MALE
28 Michalis Maragkakis MALE
29 Christos Margaronis MALE
30 Stavros Matziris MALE
31 Panagiota Mpaka FEMALE
32 Fotis Mpimpasis MALE
33 Errikos Neokrans MALE
34 Eleni Penesi FEMALE
35 Pinelopi Petropoulou FEMALE
36 Vangelis Pissias MALE
37 Anna Ritsataki FEMALE
38 Christina Sereti FEMALE
39 Anna Stamou FEMALE
40 Vasilis Stasinos MALE
41 Konstantina Tsarouha FEMALE
42 Spyridon Chrysanthopoulos MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 64%-36%
Ελιά
Application of party gender quota
Olive Tree- Democratic Alliance Alliance of Panhellenic Socialist Movement Pasok English Translation of party name + Pact for the New Greece + Dynamic Greece
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+ New Reformers
Number of men/women in the EP (as at PASOK: 4/3 January 2014)
No special quota for European elections. Its member-party PASOK has a 40 percent Party quota applies? Yes /No minimum quota for women on party lists (Socialist International Women).67
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for EL 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 42 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Paschalis Aganidis MALE
2 Afrodite Al Saleh FEMALE
3 Giorgos Amarantidis MALE
4 Takis Anastopoulos MALE
5 Nikos Androulakis MALE
Margarita Argirakou (Miernik 6 FEMALE Malgorzata)
7 Giorgos Vernikos MALE
8 Spiros Vrettos MALE
9 Katerina Gargala FEMALE
10 Ioannis Gialouros MALE
11 Aleksandra Daliani FEMALE
12 Manos Epitropakis MALE
13 Reggina Theakou FEMALE
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14 Kostas Theodoropoulos MALE
15 Panagiotis Ioakimidis MALE
16 Eva Kaili FEMALE
17 Euthumis Kardaras MALE
18 Dimitris Karelas MALE
19 Sotiris Katselos MALE
20 Pantelis Kapsis MALE
21 Taksiarhis Kissas MALE
22 Evaggelia Kouroupaki FEMALE
23 Panagiotis Kostoulas MALE
24 Viki Matsika FEMALE
25 Katerina Batzeli FEMALE
26 Nikos Bistis MALE
27 Dimitris Brimis MALE
28 Spiros Nikopoulos MALE
29 Maria Papaioannou-Sfaelou FEMALE
30 Giorgos Papakonstantis MALE
31 Panagiotis Patras MALE
32 Kiriakos Pierakakis MALE
33 Sylvana Rapti MEP FEMALE
34 Apostolis Raftopoulos MALE
35 Vaso Stamou FEMALE
36 Vasiliki Souladaki FEMALE
37 Katerina Tzortzopoulou FEMALE
38 Nikos Tsolakidis MALE
39 Efi Halatsi FEMALE
40 Thanasis Heimonas MALE
41 Pavlos Hristidis MALE
42 Apostolos Psomas MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 64%-36%
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ES SPAIN
This case study presents the situation in Spain as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in Spain regarding the application of gender quotas
2009-2014: 5468 Number of seats in the EP 2014-2019: 54
System type: Proportional system, d’Hondt style Threshold: no threshold Number of constituencies: one national constituency Allocation of seats: according to closed and blocked Electoral System type for the lists in one national constituency EP election 2014 Compulsory voting: no Legal Sources ORGANIC LAW 5/1985 OF 19 JUNE (GENERAL ELECTORAL ACT). (Spanish [Organic Law no. 5/1985 of 2011 on general elections], accessed 04 April 2014
National gender quotas YES apply: Yes/No
Party electoral lists are required to have a minimum of 40 If yes, describe what type per cent and a maximum of 60 per cent of either sex among (share of women, zipper their candidates in elections. This rule applies to local, system, etc) regional, national and European elections.
Political parties are given 48 hours to adjust lists that do not Are there sanctions for non- meet legal requirements (also concerning quotas). If they compliance? (legal or fail to do so, the lists will not be approved by the Electoral financial) explain Commission.
Gender quota: Art. 44 bis 7 (State Legal source and Sanctions for non-compliance, Art. 47 (2 & 4) [Organic Law details) no. 5/1985 of 2011 on general elections], accessed 04 April 2014.
Additional comments Party quotas also apply (cf. pertinent sections)
68 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated. Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014).
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The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014 2009-2014 Name of the list or Currently Name of the list in affiliated to independent represented in English political group in candidate the EP the EP Partido Popular YES People’s Party EPP PP 13/10
one MEP coming from PP joined Vox Vox VOX during the EPP 7th legislature 1/0
Partido Socialista Obrero Spanish Socialist YES Español S&D Workers ‘Party 13/10 PSOE
Coalición por Europa: Convergència Democràtica de Coalition for Europe: Catalunya (CDC) and Democratic Unió Democràtica de Convergence of Catalunya (UDC) YES, Catalonia, Democratic together in CiU: 1/0 CDC, EAJ-PNV, Union of Catalonia, Convergencia i Unio EAJ-PNV: 0/1 CCa-PNC: ALDE Basque Nationalist (CiU), el Partido UDC: 1/0 UDC: EPP Party, Canarian Nacionalista Vasco (EAJ- Coalition, Canarian PNV), Coalición Canaria- Nationalist Party, Partido Nacionalista Compromise for Galicia Canario (CCa-PNC), Compromiso por Galicia (CxG)
La Izquierda por el The Left for the Right to YES Derecho a Decidir Decide Josep Maria Esquerra Republicana de Coalition of Republican Terricabras i Catalunya ERC, Nova Left of Catalonia, New Nogueras MEP G/EFA Esquerra Catalana Left of Catalonia, (Independent NECat, Catalunya Sí CAT Catalonia Yes, candidate) SÍ, independientes independent candidates United Left GUE/ENG Izquierda Unida The list includes also YES IU names from Catalonia 1/0 Greens Unión Progreso y Union, Progress and YES Democracia NI Democracy 1/0 UPyD Los Pueblos Deciden The People Decide, Integrantes de la includes: Basque candidatura: Euskal Country Gather, NO Herria Bildu (EH Bildu), Galizian Nationalist / Bloque Nacionalista Block, Astrurian Galego (BNG), Andecha Nationalist Party, Astur (AA), Puyalón, Puyalon Aragonese
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Alternativa Nacionalista independentist Party, Canaria (ANC) y Unidad Nationalist Canarian del Pueblo (UP) Alternative, People's Union.
Confederación Pirata - European Pirates Pirate Confederation NO / (PIRATAS)
Primavera Europea European Spring Colaició Compromí: Coalition of Equo, Chunta Aragone- compromise: sista, Democratia Equo, Aragonese Union, Paticipativa, Partido Participative Politico Por un Mundo Democracy, For a More Mas Justo, Partido Just World. Castilian NO / Castellano, Caballas, Party, Caballas Socialistas Indipien- Coalition, Independent dentes de Extremadura, Socialists of Socialistas por Tenerife, Extremadura, Socialist Eres Electores, junts per for Tenerife, Coalition of Agres, Veredes de green/left Valencian Villena, Demos Mas. nationalists
Partido de la Ciudadanía Citizens Party NO /
Podemos We can NO /
Partido Animalista Friends of Animals Party Contra el Maltrato Against Mistreatment to NO / Animal Animals PACMA
Iniciativa Feminista Feminist Initiative NO / IFem
Foro de Ciudadanos Citizens’ Forum NO /
IMPULSOCIAL Social Impulse NO /
Recortes Cero Zero Cuts NO /
Extremadura Unida United Extremadura NO / EXU
Partido Humanista Humanist Party NO / PH
Partido de la Libertad Individual Freedom Individual NO / Party P-LIB
Spanish Phalanx of the Falange Española de las Assemblies of the JONS NO / National Syndicalist FE JONS Offensive
Partido Comunista de los Communist Party of the NO / Pueblos de España Peoples of Spain
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PCPE
Partido X - Partido del Party X – The Party of NO / Futuro the Future
Agrupación de Electores Group of Voters with de Discapacitados y Disabilities and Rare NO / Enfermedades Raras Diseases DER
Salamanca-Zamora- Regionalist Party of the NO / León PREPAL Leonese Country
Extremeños por Europa Extremeños for Europe Coalición electoral NO / Coalition IPEX PREX CREX
Partido Andalucista Andalucian Party NO / PA
Movimiento Corriente Red Current Movement NO / Roja MCR
Escaños en Blanco Seats in White NO /
Por la República, Por la For the Republic, For a Ruptura con la Unión Rupture with the NO / Europea RRUE European Union
Alternativa Republicana Republican Alternative NO /
Movimiento Social Republican Social Republicano NO / Movement MSR
Partido Andalucista Andalucian Party NO / PA
Movimiento Corriente Red Current Movement NO / Roja MCR
Escaños en Blanco Seats in White NO /
Por la República, Por la For the Republic, For a Ruptura con la Unión Rupture with the NO / Europea European Union RRUE
Alternativa Republicana Republican Alternative NO /
Partido da Terra Earth Party NO / PT
Partido Solidaridad y Autogestión International Solidarity NO / Internacionalista and Self-Management SAiN
La España en Marcha Spain Marching Forward NO /
136 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
Democracia Nacional National Democracy NO / DN
Proyecto Europa Project Europe NO /
Movimiento de Renovación Democrática Citizens’ Democratic NO / de la Ciudadanía Renovation Movement RED
Movimiento Social Republican Social Republicano NO / Movement MS
Ciudadanos Libres United Free Citizens NO / Unidos CILUS
Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Partido Popular
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name People’s Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 10/13 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO
If yes, describe what type (share of / women, zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
The quota is respected if taking into Additional comments consideration the list as a whole, not only the first 27 slots.
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Miguel Arias Cañete MALE
2 Esteban González Pons MALE
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3 María Teresa Jiménez Becerril Barrio MEP FEMALE
4 Luis de Grandes Pascual MEP MALE
5 Pilar del Castillo Vera MEP FEMALE
6 Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso MALE
7 María Rosa Estarás Ferragut MEP FEMALE
8 Francisco José Millán Mon MEP MALE
9 Pablo Zalba Bidegain MEP MALE
10 Verónica Lope Fontagne MEP FEMALE
11 Antonio López-Istúriz White MEP MALE
12 Santiago Fisas Atxela MEP MALE
13 Gabriel Mato Adrover MEP MALE
14 María del Pilar Ayuso González MEP FEMALE
15 María Esther Herranz García MEP FEMALE
16 Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra MEP MALE
17 Carlos Iturgaiz Angulo MEP MALE
18 José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra MEP MALE
19 María Auxiliadora Correa Zamora MEP FEMALE
20 Eva Ortíz Vilella MEP FEMALE
21 Pablo Arias Echeverría MEP MALE
22 Salvador Garriga Polledo MEP MALE
23 Gabino Puche Rodríguez-Acosta MALE
24 María Luisa Peón Pérez FEMALE
25 María del Carmen Pardo López FEMALE
26 Juan Andrés Naranjo Escobar MEP MALE
27 Pablo José Venzal Contreras MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 63%-37%
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VOX
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name VOX
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO
If yes, describe what type (share of / women, zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca MEP MALE
2 Iván Espinosa de los Monteros de Simón MALE
3 Ana Velasco Vidal-Abarca FEMALE
4 José Luis González Quirós MALE
5 Cristina Seguí García FEMALE
6 María Jesús Prieto Laffargue FEMALE
7 Ariadna Hernández Torrijos FEMALE
Eduardo Gutiérrez de Cabiedes Hidalgo de 8 MALE aviedes
9 José Luis Sánchez Sánchez MALE
10 Antonio de la Torre Luque MALE
11 Manuel María López-Linares Alberdi MALE
12 Jesús Javier Pérez Sánchez MALE
13 Mazaly Aguilar FEMALE
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14 Laura Rodríguez Soler FEMALE
15 Francisco de Asís de Ribera Martín MALE
16 Juan Antonio Maldonado Castillo MALE
17 Montserrat Amat Ortega FEMALE
18 Javier Cortés Lucena MALE
19 Günther Antonio Zevallos Avilés MALE
20 María Jesús González Fueyo FEMALE
21 Aurora Pimentel Igea FEMALE
22 Sergio García-Orcoyen Tormo MALE
23 Antonio Escudero Coll MALE
24 Cristina Peláez Izquierdo FEMALE
25 Ana Elgarresta Benavides FEMALE
26 Gonzalo Altozano García-Figueras MALE
27 Gonzalo Niederleytner García-Lliberós MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 59%-41%
Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 10/13 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No YES
If yes, describe what type (share of Since 1997, PSOE has a 40 percent quota for women, zipper system, etc) either sex (party statutes, 2009, article 7k).
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments Source: www.quotaproject.org
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
140 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco FEMALE
2 Ramón Jáuregui Atondo MALE
3 Soledad Cabezón Ruiz FEMALE
4 Juan Fernando López Aguilar MEP MALE
5 Iratxe García Pérez MEP FEMALE
6 Javier López Fernández MALE
7 Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández FEMALE
8 Enrique Guerrero Salom MEP MALE
9 Eider Gardiazábal Rubial MEP FEMALE
10 José Blanco López MALE
11 Clara Eugenia Aguilera García FEMALE
12 Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto MEP MALE
13 Inés Ayala Sender MEP FEMALE
14 Jonás Fernández Álvarez MALE
15 Esther Niubó Cidoncha FEMALE
16 Borja Cabezón Royo MALE
17 María del Carmen Ortiz Rivas FEMALE
18 Ricardo Cortés Lastra MEP MALE
19 María Begoña García Bernal FEMALE
20 Pere Joan Pons Sampietro MALE
21 María Paloma Muñiz de Urquiza MEP FEMALE
22 Juan Ramón Ferreira Alonso MALE
23 Isabel Casalduero Jódar FEMALE
24 Alejandro Colldefors Bergnes de las Casas MALE
25 Rosa María Balas Torres FEMALE
26 José Manuel Domínguez López MALE
27 Concepción Andreu Rodríguez FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 48%-52%
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Coalición por Europa
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Coalition for Europe
CiU: 0/1 Number of women/men in the EP (as at EAJ-PNV: 1/0 January 2014) UDC 0/1
Party quota applies? Yes /No No
If yes, describe what type (share of N/A women, zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party NA requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Ramón Tremosa i Balcells MEP (CiU) ALDE MALE
2 Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (EAJ-PNV) FEMALE
3 Francesc de Paula Gambús i Millet (CiU) MALE
4 José Javier Morales Febles (Cca-PNC) MALE
5 Mireia Canals i Botines (CiU) FEMALE
6 Paulo Carlos López López (CxG) MALE
7 Izaskun Goñi Razquin (EAJ-PNV) FEMALE
8 Monserrat Aymamí i Viade (CiU) FEMALE
9 David Fernando Baso Díaz (Cca-PNC) MALE
10 Marta Canós i Solé (CiU) FEMALE
11 Xabier Ezeizabarrena Saenz (EAJ-PNV) MALE
12 Luca Bellizzi i Cerri (CiU) MALE
13 María Beatriz Acosta Guerra (Cca-PNC) FEMALE
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14 Olga Ortiz i Moreno (CiU) FEMALE
15 Óscar Carballo Iglesias (CxG) MALE
16 Idoia Goiri Zamora (EAJ-PNV) FEMALE
17 Carmen Dolores Morales Rodríguez (Cca-PNC) FEMALE
18 Gerard Vidal i Pallarès (CiU) MALE
19 Josep Maria Llop i Rigol (CiU) MALE
20 Jordi Agràs i Estalella (CiU) MALE
21 José Carmelo Afonso Ramírez (Cca-PNC) MALE
22 Martí Pujals i Castelló (CiU) MALE
23 Inmaculada López Silva (CxG) FEMALE
24 Joseba Koldobika Bilbao Uriarte (EAJ-PNV) FEMALE
25 Lidia Aixalà i Coll (CiU) FEMALE
26 Simó Schwartz i Riera (CiU) MALE
27 Adargoma Hernandéz Rodríguez (Cca-PNC) MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 56%-44%
La izquierda por el derecho a decidir
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Left for the right to decide (coalition)
Number of women/men in the EP (as at One independent MEP, 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No No
If yes, describe what type (share of N/A women, zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party NA requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
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Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras MEP 1 MALE (Independent) G/EFA
2 Ernest Maragall i Mira (NECat) MALE
3 Jordi Solé i Ferrando MALE
4 Elisabet Nebreda i Vila FEMALE
5 Marie Kapretz FEMALE
6 Andreu Criquet i Giralt MALE
7 Miquel Àngel Sureda i Massanet MALE
8 Gabriel Fernàndez i Díaz (Independent) MALE
9 Magda Casamitjana i Aguilà (NECat) FEMALE
10 Eloïsa Chamorro i Fernández FEMALE
11 Bernat Costas i Castilla MALE
12 Laura Castel i Fort (Independent) FEMALE
13 Àlex Mases i Xifré MALE
14 Queti Vinyals i Florenciano FEMALE
15 Josep Ramon Mòdol i Pifarré (NECat) MALE
16 Margalida Miquel i Perelló (Independent) FEMALE
17 Eusebi Campdepadrós i Pucurull MALE
18 Francesc Lluís Lluís Barbero i Escrivà MALE
19 Elvira Duran i Costell (Independent) FEMALE
20 Montserrat López i Amor FEMALE
21 Víctor Puntas i Alvarado MALE
22 Núria Clotet i Agut FEMALE
23 Carme Rocamora i Seguí FEMALE
24 Joan Badia i Pujol MALE
25 Jordi Eduard Perales i Giménez MALE
26 Vicent Villena i Serrano (NECat) MALE
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27 Estel Rodríguez i Iglesias FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 56%-44%
Los pueblos deciden
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name People decide (coalition)
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No No
If yes, describe what type (share of N/A women, zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party NA requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Josu Mirena Juaristi Abaunz MALE
2 Ana Miranda Paz FEMALE
3 Lorena López de Lacalle Arizti FEMALE
4 Xose Manuel Carril Vázquez MALE
5 Maite Juliana Iturre Llano FEMALE
6 Olalla Rodil Fernández FEMALE
7 Igor Navarro Brea MALE
8 Xesús Domínguez Domínguez MALE
9 Urko Aiartza Azurtza MALE
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10 Alba Fidalgo Bugarín FEMALE
11 Iria de Epalza de Marcoartu FEMALE
12 Xesús Miguel de Toro Santos MALE
13 Alejandro Larragoiti Gonzalez de Mendivil MALE
14 Isabel Martínez-Risco Valdivieso FEMALE
15 Dulce Maria Gil Fernandez FEMALE
16 Manuel González Moreira MALE
17 Valentín Cazaña Maella MALE
18 Luz Carmen Rodríguez Gangura FEMALE
19 María Teresa Meilán Cruz FEMALE
20 César Rodríguez Martínez MALE
21 Mikeldi Díaz Aldama MALE
22 Mª Victoria Louro Ferreiro FEMALE
23 Mª Esther Korres Bengoetxea FEMALE
24 Paulo Arboleya Canteli MALE
25 Xavier Aboi Pérez MALE
26 Mª Asunción Gulina del Pueyo FEMALE
27 Noa Fernández Gómez FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 48%-52%
Izquierda Unida
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name United Left
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No YES
If yes, describe what type (share of Since 1997, IU has a 40 percent quota for women, zipper system, etc) either sex (party statutes 2008, article 7).
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
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Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments Source: www.quotaproject.org
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Willy Enrique Meyer Pleite MALE
2 Paloma López Bermejo FEMALE
3 Ernest Urtasun Domenech (ICV) MALE
4 Marina Albiol Guzmán FEMALE
5 Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez (Anova) FEMALE
6 Ángela Rosa Vallina de la Noval FEMALE
7 Javier Couso Permuy MALE
8 Anastasio Oliver Palomo MALE
9 Nuria Lozano Montoya (EUiA) FEMALE
10 Lara Hernández García FEMALE
11 Eberhard Grosske Fiol MALE
Joan Francesc Peris García (Federación Los 12 MALE Verdes)
13 Francisco Iturbe Gracia (Independent) MALE
14 Maria Piedad Castillo Martínez FEMALE
15 Maria Teresa Mola Sainz FEMALE
Carlos María Asunción Martínez García 16 MALE (Socialist Alternative)
17 Elvira Isabel Hernández Toledo FEMALE
18 Pedro Chaves Giraldos MALE
19 Jose María Ortega González MALE
20 Adoración Reyes Guamán Hernández FEMALE
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21 José Alejandro Ávila Sánchez MALE
22 Iñigo Martínez Zatón MALE
23 Mar Cambrollé Jurado FEMALE
24 José Miguel de Sebastián Carrero MALE
25 Isabel Crespo Ruíz FEMALE
26 María Milagros Rubio Salvatierra (BATZARRE) FEMALE
27 Carmen Duce Díaz FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 48%-52%
Unión Progreso y Democracia
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name United Left
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO
If yes, describe what type (share of N/A women, zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES at national level
Is the list in compliance with national requirements? Yes/No (if no, please YES specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments //
In total for ES 54 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 27 candidates are presented.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate list candidate
1 Francisco Sosa Wagner MALE
2 María Teresa Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz FEMALE
3 Fernando Maura Barandiarán MALE
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4 Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea FEMALE
5 Enrique Calvet Chambon MALE
6 María Teresa Giménez Barbat FEMALE
7 Humberto Rodríguez Solla MALE
8 José Ignacio Fernández Gonzalo MALE
9 Noelia Losada Moreno FEMALE
10 Modesto Ogea Martínez-Orozco MALE
11 Juan Luis Calbarro Morales MALE
12 Maria Yolanda Sánchez Moya FEMALE
13 Cesáreo Hernández Iglesias MALE
14 Emilio Guerra Muñoz MALE
15 Marta Martín Llaguno FEMALE
16 María Belén Alcalde Sánchez FEMALE
17 Javier Ordóñez Monfort MALE
18 Irene Romea Anadón FEMALE
19 José Antonio de Lorenzo Pardo MALE
20 Miguel Ángel González Suárez MALE
21 Javier Elías Mier Sáinz MALE
22 María Codés Echalecu Elso FEMALE
23 Carmen Lourdes García González FEMALE
24 Manuel Feliciano Pavón Mayo MALE
25 Manuel Aguirre Sarasua MALE
26 José Francisco Sigüenza García MALE
27 Natalia Prieto Risco FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 59%-41%
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FI FINLAND
This case study presents the situation in Finland as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in Finland regarding the application of gender quotas
2009-2014 : 1369 Number of seats in the EP 2014-2019 : 13
System type: Proportional representation system with open lists. Finnish parties do not rank their lists previous to the elections. Candidates are entitled to the seats exclusively based on the number of preference votes they have received.70 Allocation of seats: D’Hondt method. Electoral System type for the EP election Threshold: No 2014 Number of constituencies: 1 Compulsory voting: No Legal Source: Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage, Official Journal L 278, 08/10/1976 P. 0005 – 0011. 71 Election Act
National gender quotas apply: Yes/No NO72
If yes, describe what type (share of NA women, zipper system, etc)
Are there sanctions for non-compliance? NA (legal or financial) explain
(State Legal source and details) NA
Additional comments /
69 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated. Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014). 70 http://www.elections2014.eu/en/in-the-member-states/Finland/electoral-law 71 http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1998/en19980714.pdf 72http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL-FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
150 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014 2009-2014 affiliated to Name of the list or Name of the Currently represented political independent candidate list in English in the EP group in the EP
National YES Kansallinen Kokoomus EPP Coalition Party 2/1
Christian YES Suomen kristillisdemokraatit EPP Democrats 1/0
Suomen Social Sosialidemokraattinen YES Democratic S&D Puolue/Finlands 1/1 Party Socialdemokratiska Parti
YES Suomen Keskusta Centre Party ALDE 2/1
Swedish YES Svenska folkpartiet ALDE People’s Party 0/1
YES Vihreät Green League G/EFA 2/0
YES Perussuomalaiset Finns Party EFD 0/1
Piraattipuolue Pirate Party NO /
Vasemmistoliitto Left Alliance NO /
Communist Suomen Kommunistinen Party of NO / Puolue Finland
Independence Itsenäisyyspuolue (IPU) NO / Party
Muutos 2011 Change 2011 NO /
Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Kansallinen Kokoomus
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name National Coalition Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 2/1 January 2014)
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Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No73 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Jari Andersson MALE
2 Antti Häkkänen MALE
3 Pia Kauma FEMALE
4 Mari Kaunistola FEMALE
5 Eija-Riitta Korhola MEP FEMALE
6 Tapani Mäkinen MALE
7 Carolina Nystén FEMALE
8 Arto Ojala MALE
9 Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP FEMALE
10 Kai Pöntinen MALE
11 Thai Quach MALE
12 Marjatta Rasi FEMALE
13 Aura Salla FEMALE
14 Petri Sarvamaa MEP MALE
15 Jukka Savolainen MALE
16 Lisa Sounio-Ahtisaari FEMALE
17 Alexander Stubb MALE
73http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL-FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
152 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
18 Mari-Leena Talvitie FEMALE
19 Henna Virkkunen FEMALE
20 Anne-Mari Virolainen FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 45%-55%
Suomen kristillisdemokraatit
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Christian Democrats
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 1/0 January 2014)
Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No74 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments //
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Pirkka Aalto MALE
2 Sauli Ahvenjärvi MALE
3 Niklas Andersson MALE
4 Marjo Anttoora FEMALE
5 Sari Behm FEMALE
6 Sari Essayah MEP FEMALE
7 Tom Himanen MALE
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8 Jouko Jääskeläinen MALE
9 Timo Keskitalo MALE
10 Jukka-Pekka Kuokkanen MALE
11 Marjo Loponen FEMALE
12 Andrei Nahkala MALE
13 Laura Peuhkuri FEMALE
14 Mia Puolimatka FEMALE
15 Juha Richter MALE
16 Jere Riikonen MALE
17 Päivi Räsänen FEMALE
18 Birgitta Silvennoinen FEMALE
19 Tiina Tuomela FEMALE
20 Peter Östman MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 55%-45%
Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Social Democrats
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 1/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No75 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments //
75 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL- FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
154 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Timo Harakka MALE
2 Liisa Jaakonsaari MEP FEMALE
3 Mikael Jungner MALE
4 Ilkka Kantola MALE
5 Anne Karjalainen FEMALE
6 Kimmo Kiljunen MALE
7 Johannes Koskinen MALE
8 Miapetra Kumpula-Natri FEMALE
9 Janne Laulumaa MALE
10 Anna-Kristiina Mikkonen FEMALE
11 Riitta Myller FEMALE
12 Reijo Paananen MALE
13 Tuula Peltonen FEMALE
14 Kaisa Penny FEMALE
15 Nasima Razmyar FEMALE
16 Mitro Repo MEP MALE
17 Kaarin Taipale FEMALE
18 Eero Vainio MALE
19 Antii Vuolanne MALE
20 Thomas Wallgren MALE
% OF FEMALE MALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 55%-45%
Suomen Keskusta
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Centre Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 2/1 January 2014)
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Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No76 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Johannes Hirvaskoski MALE
2 Petri Honkonen MALE
3 Johanna Häggman FEMALE
4 Anneli Jäätteenmäki MEP FEMALE
5 Antti Kaikkonen MALE
6 Elsi Katainen FEMALE
7 Timo Kaunisto MALE
8 Ann-Mari Kemell FEMALE
9 Hanna Kosonen FEMALE
10 Elina Lappalainen FEMALE
11 Sanna Lehtinen FEMALE
12 Jouni Ovaska MALE
13 Antti Pakkanen MALE
14 Mikael Pentikäinen MALE
15 Ilmari Pokela MALE
16 Olli Rehn MALE
17 Hannu Takkula MEP MALE
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156 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
18 Mirja Vehkaperä FEMALE
19 Paavo Väyrynen MALE
20 Martin Ylikännö MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 60%-40%
Svenska folkpartiet
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Swedish People’s Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No77 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with N/AtioN/Al N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Silja Borgarsdóttir Sandelin FEMALE
2 Alina Böling FEMALE
3 Jörn Donner MALE
4 Christina Gestrin FEMALE
5 Åsa Gustafsson FEMALE
6 Mia Heijnsbroek-Wirén FEMALE
7 Sven Jerkku MALE
77 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL- FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
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8 Britt Lundberg FEMALE
9 Niklas Mannfolk MALE
10 Björn Månsson MALE
11 Wivan Nygård-Fagerudd FEMALE
12 Mats Nylund MALE
13 Klemetti Näkkäläjärvi MALE
14 Michael Oksanen MALE
15 Marcus Rantala MALE
16 Karl von Smitten MALE
17 Päivi Storgård FEMALE
18 Marlén Timonen FEMALE
19 Nils Torvalds MEP MALE
20 Bo-Göran Åstrand MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 55%-45%
Vihreät
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Green League
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 2/0 January 2014)
Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No78 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with N/AtioN/Al N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
78 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL- FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
158 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Touko Aalto MALE
2 Pekka Aikio MALE
3 Outi Alanko-Kahiluoto FEMALE
4 Harri Auvinen MALE
5 Anne Bland FEMALE
6 Tarja Cronberg MEP FEMALE
7 Satu Haapanen FEMALE
8 Heidi Hautala FEMALE
9 Hanna Holopainen FEMALE
10 Saara Ilvessalo FEMALE
11 Jyrki Kasvi MALE
12 Sirpa Kauppinen FEMALE
13 Otso Kivekäs MALE
14 Tuuli Kausa FEMALE
15 Maria Ohisalo FEMALE
16 Anni Sinnemäki FEMALE
17 Johanna Sumovuori FEMALE
18 Oras Tynkkynen MALE
19 Antero Vartia MALE
20 Ozan Yanar MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 40%-60%
Perussuomalaiset
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Finns Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
159 Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ______
Party quota applies in EP 2014 election? Yes No79 /No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with N/AtioN/Al N/A requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
AdditioN/Al comments /
In total for FI 13 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 20 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Juho Eerola MALE
2 Simon Elo MALE
3 Jussi Halla-aho MALE
4 Erkki Havansi MALE
5 Laura Huhtasaari FEMALE
6 Toimi Kankaanniemi MALE
7 Kimmo Kivelä MALE
8 Jani Kolehmainen MALE
9 Marko Kulpakko MALE
10 Maria Lohela FEMALE
11 Anne Louhelainen FEMALE
12 Ilkka Matinpalo MALE
13 Pirkko Mattila FEMALE
14 Piritta Poikonen FEMALE
15 Sakari Puisto MALE
16 Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner FEMALE
17 Sampo Terho MEP MALE
79 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2011/453210/IPOL- FEMM_ET(2011)453210_EN.pdf
160 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
18 Maria Tolppanen FEMALE
19 Mauno Vanhala MALE
20 Juha Väätäinen MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 65%-35%
161 Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ______
FR FRANCE
This case study presents the situation in France as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in France regarding the application of gender quotas
2009-2014:7480 Number of seats in the EP 2014-2019:74
System type: proportional representation, D’Hondt method, with closed lists and no preferential voting. Threshold: 5% Number of constituencies: 8 - 7 for metropolitan France, and 1 for the Overseas Territories covering departments, territories and communities. Allocation of seats: Rule of the highest average. The seats are allocated to the candidates according to the order of names on each list. Compulsory voting: no. Legal Sources: Electoral System type for Act concerning the election of the representatives of the the EP election 2014 European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (1976) (Décision concernant l’élection au suffrage universel direct des représentants du Parlement européen (1976)) Council decision of 25 June 2002 and 23 September 2002 (Décision du Conseil du 25 juin 2002 et du 23 septembre 2002) Law No 77-729 of 7 July 1977 (Loi numéro 77- 729 du 7 juillet 1977) Decree No 79-160 of 28 February 1979 (Décret numéro 79-160 du 28 février 1979)
National gender quotas YES apply: Yes/No
If yes, describe what type Legislated quotas (share of women, zipper The law makes it mandatory for the parties to have 50 per cent
80 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated. Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014).
162 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______system, etc) of each sex (allowing for rounding) among its candidates. In addition, strict alternation of women’s and men’s names is mandatory from the beginning to the end of the list.
Are there sanctions for non-compliance? (legal or Non-compliant lists are invalidated. financial) explain
(State Legal source and Art. 9 Law 77-272, 7 July 1977 amended by the Law of 6 of details) July of 2000 on parity representation (valid as at April 2014)
Additional comments Party quotas apply (cf. pertinent sections)
The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014
2009-2014 Currently affiliated to Name of the list or Name of the list in represented in political independent candidate English the EP group in the EP
Union pour un Mouvement Union for a Popular YES EPP Populaire Movement 15/9
Parti socialiste Socialist Party YES S&D 7/7 Individual MEPs L'Alternative The Alternative (the list did not ALDE exist before) 5/2 Europe Ecology – The YES Europe Écologie – Les Verts G/EFA Greens 6/8
YES Front national National Front NI 2/1
Parti Pirate Pirate Party NO
YES Front de gauche Left Front 4/1
Europe citoyenne Citizens’ Europe Individual MEPS /
Debout la République Arise the Republic NO / DLR
Force Vie Force Vie NO /
Union Populaire Popular Republican NO / Républicaine Union
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Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Union pour un mouvement populaire
Application of gender quota
English Translation of party name Union for a Popular Movement81
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 15/9 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO82
If yes, describe what type (share of women, NO zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates.
Position in Sex of the Name of the candidate Constituency the list candidate
1 Jérôme Lavrilleux North West MALE
2 Tokia Saïfi MEP North West FEMALE
3 Jean-Paul Gauzes MEP North West MALE
4 Amandine François North West FEMALE
5 Philippe Boulland North West MALE
6 Camille Tubiana North West FEMALE
7 Philippe Mignonet North West MALE
8 Margaux Deletre North West FEMALE
9 Laurent Marting North West MALE
10 Nadège Delafosse North West FEMALE
11 Philippe Varlet North West MALE
81 Translation commonly accepted on newspapers: see http://www.economist.com/topics/union-popular- movement 82 http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=53
164 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
12 Sophie Rocher North West FEMALE
13 David Margueritte North West MALE
14 Catherine Flavigny North West FEMALE
15 Guillaume Gautier-Lair North West MALE
16 Coralie Docquois North West FEMALE
17 Johan Auvray North West MALE
18 Nadège Lefebvre North West FEMALE
19 Jean-Pierre Bataille North West MALE
20 Christelle Chevalier North West FEMALE
1 Alain Cadec MEP West MALE
2 Elisabeth Morin-Chartier MEP West FEMALE
3 Marc Joulaud West MALE
4 Agnès Le Brun MEP West FEMALE
5 Pierre-Guy Perrier West MALE
6 Laurence Garnier West FEMALE
7 Joseph Ménard West MALE
8 Sally Chadjaa West FEMALE
9 Alexandre Grenot West MALE
10 Fabienne Le Ridou-Le Tohic West FEMALE
11 David Le Solliec West MALE
12 Coralie Denoues West FEMALE
13 Adrien Denis West MALE
14 Anne Aubin-Sicard West FEMALE
15 Maxime Gallier West MALE
16 Elise Vouvet West FEMALE
17 Enguerrand Delannoy West MALE
18 Valérie Lecerf-Livet West FEMALE
1 Nadine Morano East FEMALE
2 Arnaud Danjean MEP East MALE
3 Anne Sander East FEMALE
4 Benjamin Develey East MALE
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5 Véronique Mathieu East FEMALE
6 Thomas Zeller East MALE
7 Sylvie Maniere East FEMALE
8 Alain Heyer East MALE
9 Else Joseph East FEMALE
10 Cédric Bole East MALE
11 Isabelle Froment-Meurice East FEMALE
12 Patrick Thil East MALE
13 Martine Saillard East FEMALE
14 Joël Rapinat East MALE
15 Pascale Krebs East FEMALE
16 Damien Thieuleux East MALE
17 Michèle Boucomont East FEMALE
18 Jean-François Lamorlette East MALE
1 Michèle Alliot-Marie South West FEMALE
2 Franck Proust MEP South West MALE
3 Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid South West FEMALE MEP 4 Jean-Marie Belin South West MALE
5 Andrée Doubrere South West FEMALE
6 Antoine Audi South West MALE
7 Isabelle Guiraud South West FEMALE
8 Eddie Puyjalon South West MALE
9 Christiane Pieters South West FEMALE
10 Sébastien David South West MALE
11 Nathalie Cavallo South West FEMALE
12 Aurélien Pradié South West MALE
13 Sophie Grolleau South West FEMALE
14 Florian Trallero-Mazet South West MALE
15 Laura Nicolas South West FEMALE
16 Gwenaël Lamarque South West MALE
17 Marie-Christine Blevec South West FEMALE
166 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
18 Jean-Pierre Vilespy South West MALE
19 Sabine Dalle South West FEMALE
20 Pierre Martin South West MALE
1 Renaud Muselier South East MALE
2 Françoise Grossetête MEP South East FEMALE
3 Michel Dantin MEP South East MALE
4 Agnès Rampal South East FEMALE
5 Franck Giovannucci South East MALE
6 Liliane Boyer South East FEMALE
7 Christian Simon South East MALE
8 Anne Lorne South East FEMALE
9 Jean-Baptiste Blanc South East MALE
10 Nathalie Grospiron South East FEMALE
11 Jean-Pierre Leccia South East MALE
12 Catherine Asso South East FEMALE
13 Alexandre Vincendet South East MALE
14 Marlène Mourier South East FEMALE
15 Cyril Pellevat South East MALE
16 Cécilia Durieu South East FEMALE
17 Patrick Tambay South East MALE
18 Sophie Rotkopf South East FEMALE
19 Pierre-Emmanuel Juillard South East MALE
20 Delphine Bancel South East FEMALE
21 David Lacrepiniere South East MALE
22 Alexandra Borchio-Fontimp South East FEMALE
23 Didier Besnier South East MALE
24 Sophie Vaginay Ricourt South East FEMALE
25 Gérard Gazay South East MALE
26 Valérie Kanza-Druart South East FEMALE
1 Brice Hortefeux MEP Massif central - MALE Centre 2 Angélique Delahaye Massif central - FEMALE Centre
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3 Jean-Pierre Audy MEP Massif central - MALE Centre 4 Catherine Soullie Massif central - FEMALE Centre 5 Louis Cosyns Massif central - MALE Centre 6 Sylvie Lachaize Massif central - FEMALE Centre 7 Guillaume Guerin Massif central - MALE Centre 8 Blandine Propriol Massif central - FEMALE Centre 9 Christophe Serre Massif central - MALE Centre 10 Anne-Sophie Ravache Massif central - FEMALE Centre 1 Alain Lamassoure MEP Ile-de-France MALE
2 Rachida Dati MEP Ile-de-France FEMALE
3 Philippe Juvin MEP Ile-de-France MALE
4 Constance Le Grip MEP Ile-de-France FEMALE
5 Geoffroy Didier Ile-de-France MALE
6 Cécile Dumoulin Ile-de-France FEMALE
7 Jean-Michel Fourgous Ile-de-France MALE
8 Nicolle Conan Ile-de-France FEMALE
9 Olivier Regis Ile-de-France MALE
10 Christel Royer Ile-de-France FEMALE
11 Alain Faubeau Ile-de-France MALE
12 Brigitte Marsigny Ile-de-France FEMALE
13 Samuel Vandaele Ile-de-France MALE
14 Véronique Cartoux Ile-de-France FEMALE
15 José Do Nasscimento Ile-de-France MALE
16 Fabienne Blineau-Abiramia Ile-de-France FEMALE
17 David-Xavier Weiss Ile-de-France MALE
18 Muriel Hoyaux Ile-de-France FEMALE
19 Jérémy Michel Ile-de-France MALE
20 Christine Garnier Ile-de-France FEMALE
21 Claude Capillon Ile-de-France MALE
22 Sylvie Piganeau Ile-de-France FEMALE
23 Arnaud Weber-Guillouet Ile-de-France MALE
168 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
24 Martine Paresys Ile-de-France FEMALE
25 François Merlet Ile-de-France MALE
26 Samia Badat-Karam Ile-de-France FEMALE
27 Geoffrey Carvalhinho Ile-de-France MALE
28 Déborah Münzer Ile-de-France FEMALE
29 Matteo Ghisalberti Ile-de-France MALE
30 Delphine Bürkli Ile-de-France FEMALE
1 Maurice Ponga MEP Overseas MALE
2 Yolaine Costes Overseas FEMALE
3 Laurent Bernier Overseas MALE
4 Sylviane Terooatea Overseas FEMALE
5 Abdou Ahmad Overseas MALE
6 Karine Mousseau Overseas FEMALE
7 Yannick Manuofiua Overseas MALE
8 Sandra Sinimale Overseas FEMALE
9 Rémy Louis Budoc Overseas MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 50%-50%
Parti Socialiste
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Socialist Party (SP)
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 7/7 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No YES83
Prior to the introduction of the legislative If yes, describe what type (share of women, gender quota, the Socialist party had a 50- zipper system, etc) 50 quota on all lists since 1990
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
83 http://www.quotaproject.org/uid/countryview.cfm?country=53
169 Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ______
Is the list in compliance with party YES requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates.
Position in the Sex of the Name of the candidate Constituency list candidate
1 Gilles Pargneaux MEP North West MALE
2 Claude Roiron North West FEMALE
3 Jean-Louis Cottigny MEP North West MALE
4 Anne Ferreira North West FEMALE
5 Lucien Fontaine North West MALE
6 Josette Travert North West FEMALE
7 Matthieu Mayer North West MALE
8 Christine Rodriguez North West FEMALE
9 Nicolas Vincent North West MALE
10 Valérie Auvray North West FEMALE
11 Denys Le Poittevin North West MALE
12 Mireille Hingrez-Cereda North West FEMALE
13 Vincent Kremer-Genin North West MALE
14 Nathalie Havot North West FEMALE
15 Thomas Dupont Federici North West MALE
16 Annie Claude Leuliette North West FEMALE
17 Dominique Louis-Dit-Trieu North West MALE
18 Sarah Kerrich North West FEMALE
19 Timour Veyri North West MALE
20 Laura Slimani North West FEMALE
1 Isabelle Thomas MEP West FEMALE
2 Emmanuel Maurel West MALE
3 Françoise Mesnard West FEMALE
4 Christophe Rouillon West MALE
170 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
5 Karine Daniel West FEMALE
6 Marc Coatanéa West MALE
7 Madeleine Ngombet Bitoo West FEMALE
8 Jean-Louis Belliard West MALE
9 Annaïg Le Moël-Raflik West FEMALE
10 Wilfried Paradot West MALE
11 Marylene Simonnet West FEMALE
12 Mathieu Durquety West MALE
13 Margarita Sola West FEMALE
14 Thierry Bailleux West MALE
15 Sandra Le Nouvel West FEMALE
16 Pierre Karleskind West MALE
17 Anne Hardy West FEMALE
18 Vincent Le Meaux West MALE
1 Edouard Martin East MALE
2 Catherine Trautmann MEP East FEMALE
3 Pierre Pribetich East MALE
4 Sophie Radreau East FEMALE
5 Jérôme Durain East MALE
6 Annie Flores East FEMALE
7 Nicolas Marandon East MALE
8 Catherine Hoffarth East FEMALE
9 Jean-François Thomas East MALE
10 Myriam El-Yassa East FEMALE
11 Cédric Séa East MALE
12 Catherine Lambert East FEMALE
13 Sélim Guemazi East MALE
14 Nathalie De Oliveira East FEMALE
15 Sébastien Poupon East MALE
16 Danielle Brulebois East FEMALE
17 Kamel Djebbar East MALE
171 Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ______
18 Frédérique Colas East FEMALE
1 Virginie Rozière South FEMALE
2 Éric Andrieu MEP South MALE
3 Laurence Harribey South FEMALE
4 Renaud Lagrave South MALE
5 Mireille Murawski South FEMALE
6 Kamal Chibli South MALE
7 Chloé Filot South FEMALE
8 Jerome Marbot South MALE
9 Merry-Lène Laballe South FEMALE
10 Marc Gauche South MALE
11 Élisabeth Bouyssou South FEMALE
12 Francis Magenties South MALE
13 Sandrine Laffore South FEMALE
14 Sébastien Saguer South MALE
15 Liliane Morvan South FEMALE
16 Benjamin Delrieux South MALE
17 Aurore Ducourneau South FEMALE
18 Alain Rauna South MALE
19 Aurélie Maillols South FEMALE
20 Alain Piaser South MALE
1 Vincent Peillon South East MALE
2 Sylvie Guillaume MEP South East FEMALE
3 Zaki Laïdi South East MALE
4 Valérie Rossi Poli South East FEMALE
5 Christophe Masse South East MALE
6 Nora Makhlouf South East FEMALE
7 Otman El Harti South East MALE
8 Mireille Peirano South East FEMALE
9 Abderrahmane Djellal South East MALE
10 Florence Blatrix Contat South East FEMALE
172 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
11 Pascal Bonnetain South East MALE
12 Béatrice Frecenon South East FEMALE
13 Quentin Mayerat South East MALE
14 Marion Pigamo South East FEMALE
15 Patrice Terramorsi South East MALE
16 Valentine Loudoux South East FEMALE
17 Didier Steinville South East MALE
18 Joëlle Sechaud South East FEMALE
19 Michael Bruel South East MALE
20 Eliane Giraud South East FEMALE
21 Maxime Jousserand South East MALE
22 Perle Rabebisoanindriana South East FEMALE Marin 23 Loïc Chabrier South East MALE
24 Laurence Juban South East FEMALE
25 Yassine Id-Nasser Medjani South East MALE
26 Martine Levilain-Castel South East FEMALE
1 Jean-Paul Denanot Massif Central – MALE Centre 2 Karine Gloanec Maurin Massif Central – FEMALE Centre 3 Jean Mallot Massif Central – MALE Centre 4 Marion Canales Massif Central – FEMALE Centre 5 Christophe Lavialle Massif Central – MALE Centre 6 Nathalie Delcouderc Juillard Massif Central – FEMALE Centre 7 Célestin Dibao Dina Massif Central – MALE Centre 8 Anna Aubois Massif Central – FEMALE Centre 9 Franck Gagnaire Massif Central – MALE Centre 10 Arlette Arnaud-Landau Massif Central – FEMALE Centre 1 Pervenche Berès MEP Ile-de-France FEMALE
2 Guillaume Balas Ile-de-France MALE
3 Christine Revault Ile-de-France FEMALE
4 Jean Michel Morer Ile-de-France MALE
5 Hella Kribi-Romdhane Ile-de-France FEMALE
173 Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ______
6 Antoine Varoquié Ile-de-France MALE
7 Garance Yayer Ile-de-France FEMALE
8 Maurice Braud Ile-de-France MALE
9 Michèle Christophoul Ile-de-France FEMALE
10 Pierre Kanuty Ile-de-France MALE
11 Corinne Bord Ile-de-France FEMALE
12 Nicolas Gaborit Ile-de-France MALE
13 Elisabeth Humbert- Ile-de-France FEMALE Dorfmüller 14 Aleksander Glogowski Ile-de-France MALE
15 Nadia Beaumel Ile-de-France FEMALE
16 Patrice Bedouret Ile-de-France MALE
17 Maud Lelièvre Ile-de-France FEMALE
18 Youssef Abdelbahri Ile-de-France MALE
19 Mounia Harkati Ile-de-France FEMALE
20 Bertrand Rocheron Ile-de-France MALE
21 Marie-France Fari Ile-de-France FEMALE
22 Aurélio Pinto Ile-de-France MALE
23 Élodie Massé Ile-de-France FEMALE
24 Éric Nicollet Ile-de-France MALE
25 Sarah Krimi-Henry Ile-de-France FEMALE
26 Henri Lelorrain Ile-de-France MALE
27 Claire Dagnogo Ile-de-France FEMALE
28 Joachim Forget Ile-de-France MALE
29 Catherine Tostain Ile-de-France FEMALE
30 Antoine Raisseguier Ile-de-France MALE
1 Philippe Le Constant Oversears MALE
2 Marie-Claude Tjibaou Oversears FEMALE
3 Louis-Joseph Manscour Oversears MALE
4 Marlène Miroite-Mélisse Oversears FEMALE
5 Soilihi Ahamada Ousseni Oversears MALE
6 Yolanie Horth Oversears FEMALE
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7 Tetuahau Temaru Oversears MALE
8 Elisabeth Taofifenua-Sako Oversears FEMALE
9 Yvès Hoarau Oversears MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 50%-50%
Europe Écologie – les Verts
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Europe Ecology - The Greens
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 6/8 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO84
If yes, describe what type (share of women, NO zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates.
Position in Sex of the Name of the candidate Constituency the list candidate
1 Karima Delli MEP North West FEMALE
2 François Veillerette North West MALE
3 Majdouline Sbaï North West FEMALE
4 Michel Kfoury North West MALE
5 Véronique Moinet North West FEMALE
6 Mickaël Marie North West MALE
7 Anna Bureau North West FEMALE
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8 Benoît Leclerc North West MALE
9 Marine Lemasson North West FEMALE
10 Emmanuel Cau North West MALE
11 Marie-Pierre Bresson North West FEMALE
12 Dominique Jourdain North West MALE
13 Evangélia Ralli North West FEMALE
14 Pierre Lézier North West MALE
15 Catherine Bourgeois North West FEMALE
16 Mohammed Anaya North West MALE
17 Fabienne Lisse North West FEMALE
18 Hamza El Kostiti North West MALE
19 Hélène Flautre North West FEMALE
20 François Dufour North West MALE
1 Yannick Jadot MEP West MALE
2 Nicole Kiil-Nielsen MEP West FEMALE
3 Jean-Philippe Magnen West MALE
4 Janick Moriceau West FEMALE
5 François Gibert West MALE
6 Sophie Sury West FEMALE
7 René Louail West MALE
8 Isabelle Kozlowski West FEMALE
9 Julien Durand West MALE
10 Régine Bruny West FEMALE
11 Jérôme Marguet West MALE
12 Adèle Gourvil West FEMALE
13 Bruno Joly West MALE
14 Claudy Vouhé West FEMALE
15 François Nicolas West MALE
16 Marie-Josée Narioo West FEMALE
17 Serge Borvon West MALE
18 Jocelyne Le Boulicaut West FEMALE
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1 Sandrine Bélier MEP East FEMALE
2 Antoine Waechter East MALE
3 Patricia Andriot East FEMALE
4 Philippe Hervieu East MALE
5 Éliane Romani East FEMALE
6 Claude Mercier East MALE
7 Laura Chatel East FEMALE
8 Vincent Herbuvaux East MALE
9 Anaïs Hubert East FEMALE
10 Jean-Louis Cannelle East MALE
11 Nadine Cortial East FEMALE
12 Julien Vick East MALE
13 Audrey Ariapoutri East FEMALE
14 François Lotteau East MALE
15 Christine L’heureux East FEMALE
16 Patrick Barbier East MALE
17 Eva Pedrocchi East FEMALE
18 Christophe Dumont East MALE
1 José Bové MEP South West MALE
2 Catherine Grèze MEP South West FEMALE
3 Stéphane Saubusse South West MALE
4 Françoise Alamartine South West FEMALE
5 Sauveur Bacho South West MALE
6 Maryse Combres South West FEMALE
7 Pascal Frissant South West MALE
8 Régine Barthélémy South West FEMALE
9 Frédéric Lievy South West MALE
10 Angelika Hermann South West FEMALE
11 Narcisse Kamayenwode South West MALE
12 Sylvie Ferrari South West FEMALE
13 Jean-Yves Grandidier South West MALE
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14 Fatma Adda South West FEMALE
15 Cédrick Dissaux South West MALE
16 Laurence Motoman South West FEMALE
17 Xavier Du Bois De Maquillé South West MALE
18 Agnès Langevine South West FEMALE
19 Gérard Onesta South West MALE
20 Marie-Christine Etelin South West FEMALE
1 Michèle Rivasi MEP South East FEMALE
2 Karim Zéribi MEP South East MALE
3 Corinne Lalo South East FEMALE
4 Jean-Charles Kohlhaas South East MALE
5 Carmen De Jong South East FEMALE
6 Antoine-Marie Casalonga South East MALE
7 Pascale Bonniel-Chalier South East FEMALE
8 Jacques Bucki South East MALE
9 Nadège Bonfils South East FEMALE
10 Olivier Florens South East MALE
11 Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield South East FEMALE
12 Daniel Ibanez South East MALE
13 Léla Bencharif South East FEMALE
14 Joël Pruvot South East MALE
15 Michèle Poncet-Ramade South East FEMALE
16 Christian Moyersoen South East MALE
17 Irène Bouré South East FEMALE
18 Nicolas Rossi South East MALE
19 Laurence Pellarini South East FEMALE
20 Zafer Girisit South East MALE
21 Fatiha Benahmed South East FEMALE
22 Patrick Vella South East MALE
23 Martine Leger South East FEMALE
24 Alain Chabrolle South East MALE
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25 Coline Serreau South East FEMALE
26 Bernard Bolze South East MALE
1 Clarisse Heusquin Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 2 Benoît Faucheux Massif Central - MALE Centre 3 Hélène Levet-Beauchamp Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 4 Didier Tescher Massif Central - MALE Centre 5 Sylvie David-Rousseau Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 6 Fernando Mordi Guerrieri Massif Central - MALE Centre 7 Fatima Bezli Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 8 Jean-Sébastien Herpin Massif Central - MALE Centre 9 Pierrette Bidon Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 10 Jean-Paul Besset Massif Central - MALE Centre 1 Pascal Durand Ile-de-France MALE
2 Eva Joly MEP Ile-de-France FEMALE
3 Mohammed Mechmache Ile-de-France MALE
4 Nathalie Laville Ile-de-France FEMALE
5 Pierre Serne Ile-de-France MALE
6 Aminata Niakate Ile-de-France FEMALE
7 Joël Roman Ile-de-France MALE
8 Bénédicte Monville de Cecco Ile-de-France FEMALE
9 Zine-Eddine M’Jati Ile-de-France MALE
10 Corine Faugeron Ile-de-France FEMALE
11 Edouard Gaudot Ile-de-France MALE
12 Françoise Diehlmann Ile-de-France FEMALE
13 Adrian Maghinici Ile-de-France MALE
14 Perrine Ledan Ile-de-France FEMALE
15 Julien Bayou Ile-de-France MALE
16 Ghislaine Glasson Ile-de-France FEMALE Deschaumes 17 Benjamin Joyeux Ile-de-France MALE
18 Florence Guéry Ile-de-France FEMALE
19 Philippe Stanisière Ile-de-France MALE
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20 Elisabeth Bourguinat Ile-de-France FEMALE
21 Mounir Satouri Ile-de-France MALE
22 Agnès Michel Ile-de-France FEMALE
23 Imad Houssari Ile-de-France MALE
24 Mélanie Sueur Ile-de-France FEMALE
25 Fabien Niezgoda Ile-de-France MALE
26 Jannick Magne Ile-de-France FEMALE
27 Michel Rouyer Ile-de-France MALE
28 Charlotte Nenner Ile-de-France FEMALE
29 Robert Lion Ile-de-France MALE
30 Gisèle Chaleyat Ile-de-France FEMALE
1 Yvette Duchemann Overseas FEMALE
2 José Gaillou Overseas MALE
3 Jocelyne Hatchi Overseas FEMALE
4 Ahamada Salime Overseas MALE
5 Florencine Edouard Overseas FEMALE
6 Christian Civilise Overseas MALE
7 Danon Lutchmee Odayen Overseas FEMALE
8 Jules Hauata Overseas MALE
9 Janine Maurice-Bellay Overseas FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 50%-50%
Front de gauche
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Left Front
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 4/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO85
If yes, describe what type (share of women, NO zipper system, etc)
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Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates.
Position in Sex of the Name of the candidate Constituency the list candidate
1 Jacky Henin MEP North West MALE
2 Nathalile Nail North West FEMALE
3 Eric Bocquet North West MALE
4 Marie-Claude Herboux North West FEMALE
5 Jean-Luc Varin North West MALE
6 Marie-Laure Darrigade North West FEMALE
7 Michel Carreau North West MALE
8 Béatrice Dupont North West FEMALE
9 Charles Beauchamp North West MALE
10 Laurence Chapelle North West FEMALE
11 Yvon Scornet North West MALE
12 Cathy Apourceau-Poly North West FEMALE
13 Gilles Prunier North West MALE
14 Hélène Balitout North West FEMALE
15 Loïc Pen North West MALE
16 Christine Le Coënt North West FEMALE
17 Denis Tardiveau North West MALE
18 Yvonne Pecoraro North West FEMALE
19 Gaëtan Levitre North West MALE
20 Nathalie Ledentu North West FEMALE
1 Myriam Martin West FEMALE
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2 Xavier Compain West MALE
3 Sylvie Mamet West FEMALE
4 Patrice Boutin West MALE
5 Marie Claude Robin West FEMALE
6 Alain Bergeot West MALE
7 Françoise Jaffré West FEMALE
8 Bertrand Seys West MALE
9 Evelyne Robin West FEMALE
10 Gilles Leproust West MALE
11 Katell Andromaque West FEMALE
12 Yoann Daniel West MALE
13 Véronique Bonnet West FEMALE
14 Franck Loiseau West MALE
15 Anne Joulain West FEMALE
16 Guénolé Fournet West MALE
17 Caroline Pottier West FEMALE
18 Thierry Rouquet West MALE
1 Gabriel Amard East MALE
2 Mélanie Tsagouris East FEMALE
3 Bora Yilmaz East MALE
4 Karin Peter East FEMALE
5 Mostafa El Hamdani East MALE
6 Pascale Bertin East FEMALE
7 Jean-Marie Brom East MALE
8 Corinne Lièvre East FEMALE
9 Jean-Marie Drobisz East MALE
10 Laurence Lyonnais East FEMALE
11 Emmanuel Girod East MALE
12 Josiane Gasparini East FEMALE
13 Jean-Pierre Cornevin East MALE
14 Nora Boudjemaa East FEMALE
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15 Julien Ratcliffe East MALE
16 Eloïse Dreure East FEMALE
17 Vincent Adami East MALE
18 Michèle Leflon East FEMALE
1 Jean-Luc Melenchon MEP South West MALE
2 Marie-Pierre Vieu South West FEMALE
3 Manuel Bompard South West MALE
4 Martine Gayraud South West FEMALE
5 David Hermet South West MALE
6 Ariane Gallet South West FEMALE
7 Jean-Jacques Paris South West MALE
8 Muriel Ressiguier South West FEMALE
9 Marc Lasaygues South West MALE
10 Agnès Saurat South West FEMALE
11 Raoul Jennar South West MALE
12 Annie Casalini South West FEMALE
13 Boris Beaudoin South West MALE
14 Méloë Colbac-Beauvieux South West FEMALE
15 Nicolas Mayer South West MALE
16 Bénédicte Veilhan South West FEMALE
17 Alain Duzert South West MALE
18 Nicole Gaspon South West FEMALE
19 Pascal Mousqué South West MALE
20 Laure Zudas South West FEMALE
1 Marie-Christine Vergiat MEP South East FEMALE
2 Eric Coquerel South East MALE
3 Anne Mesliand South East FEMALE
4 Jacques Lerichomme South East MALE
5 Hélène Le Cacheux South East FEMALE
6 Jérôme Marcuccini South East MALE
7 Florence Ciaravola South East FEMALE
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8 Raphaël Debu South East MALE
9 Tiphaine Ducharne South East FEMALE
10 Robert Injey South East MALE
11 Monique Nironi South East FEMALE
12 Idir Boumertit South East MALE
13 Martine Dubois South East FEMALE
14 Marcel Bernon South East MALE
15 Horiya Mekrelouf South East FEMALE
16 Raphaël Laine South East MALE
17 Catherine Laurenti South East FEMALE
18 Pierre Trapier South East MALE
19 Elisa Martin South East FEMALE
20 Frédéric Soula South East MALE
21 Annie Anselme South East FEMALE
22 Hervé Bordes South East MALE
23 Christine Calandra South East FEMALE
24 David Emain South East MALE
25 Katia Philippe South East FEMALE
26 Michel Stefani South East MALE
1 Corinne Morel Darleux Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 2 François Dumon Massif Central - MALE Centre 3 Marianne Maximi Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 4 Jean-Christophe Cervantes Massif Central - MALE Centre 5 Sylvie Dubois Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 6 Pascal Bagnarol Massif Central - MALE Centre 7 Laurence Pache Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 8 Mathys Schoevaert Massif Central - MALE Centre 9 Gisèle Querite Massif Central - FEMALE Centre 10 Tony Bernard Massif Central - MALE Centre 1 Patrick Le Hyaric MEP Ile-de-France MALE
2 Raquel Garrido Ile-de-France FEMALE
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3 Jean-François Pellissier Ile-de-France MALE
4 Anne Sabourin Ile-de-France FEMALE
5 Michel Jallamion Ile-de-France MALE
6 Geneviève Offroy Ile-de-France FEMALE
7 Philippe Juraver Ile-de-France MALE
8 Carine Delahaie Ile-de-France FEMALE
9 Boualem Snaoui Ile-de-France MALE
10 Stéphanie Treillet Ile-de-France FEMALE
11 Philippe Rio Ile-de-France MALE
12 Delphine Beauvois Ile-de-France FEMALE
13 Aïssa Terchi Ile-de-France MALE
14 Elsa Martin Ile-de-France FEMALE
15 François Ralle Ile-de-France MALE
16 Delphine Fenasse Ile-de-France FEMALE
17 Abdel-Madjid Sadi Ile-de-France MALE
18 Monique Migneau Ile-de-France FEMALE
19 Fabien Guillaud-Bataille Ile-de-France MALE
20 Annie Saltzmann Ile-de-France FEMALE
21 Franck Boissier Ile-de-France MALE
22 Hélène Cillieres Ile-de-France FEMALE
23 Nordine Idir Ile-de-France MALE
24 Mounia Benaili Ile-de-France FEMALE
25 Alain Tailleur Ile-de-France MALE
26 Florence Haye Ile-de-France FEMALE
27 Dominique Lesparre Ile-de-France MALE
28 Patricia Tordjman Ile-de-France FEMALE
29 Roland Muzeau Ile-de-France MALE
30 Danielle Simonnet Ile-de-France FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 50%-50%
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Front national
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name National Front
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 2/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO86
If yes, describe what type (share of women, NO zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No YES (legislative quota applies)
Is the list in compliance with national YES requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates.
Position in Name of the Constituency Sex of the candidate the list candidate
1 Marine Le Pen MEP North West FEMALE
2 Steeve Briois North West MALE
3 Mylène North West FEMALE Troszczynski 4 Nicolas Bay North West MALE
5 Sylvie Goddyn North West FEMALE
6 Franck Briffaut North West MALE
7 Christelle North West FEMALE Lechevalier 8 Philippe Eymery North West MALE
9 Francine Lavanry North West FEMALE
10 Yves Dupille North West MALE
11 Elizabeth Lalanne North West FEMALE De Haut 12 Emmanuel Camoin North West MALE
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13 Patricia Chagnon North West FEMALE
14 Guy Cannie North West MALE
15 Florence Italiani North West FEMALE
16 Denis Feret North West MALE
17 Nathalie Acs North West FEMALE
18 Jacques Gaillard North West MALE
19 Maryvonne Clerge North West FEMALE
20 Antoine Golliot North West MALE
1 Gilles Lebreton West MALE
2 Joëlle Bergeron West FEMALE
3 Gilles Pennelle West MALE
4 Odile De Mellon West FEMALE
5 Jean-Marc De West MALE Lacoste 6 LareymondieBrigitte Neveux West FEMALE
7 Jean-Claude West MALE Blanchard 8 Isabelle Lassalle West FEMALE
9 Gaëtan Dirand West MALE
10 Marguerite West FEMALE Lussaud 11 Bruno De La West MALE Moriniere 12 Marie Colonna West FEMALE
13 Alain Verdin West MALE
14 Monique Lieumont- West FEMALE Briand 15 Eric Dechamps West MALE
16 Patricia Laroche- West FEMALE Andro 17 Jean-Romée West MALE Charbonneau 18 Sylvie Duhamel West FEMALE
1 Florian Philippot East MALE
2 Sophie Montel East FEMALE
3 Jean-François East MALE Jalkh 4 Dominique Bilde East FEMALE
5 Bruno Subtil East MALE
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6 Françoise Grolet East FEMALE
7 Edouard Cavin East MALE
8 Martine Binder East FEMALE
9 Jacques East MALE Ricciardetti 10 Pascale Elles East FEMALE
11 Thierry Gourlot East MALE
12 Christiane Colas East FEMALE
13 Jean-Christophe East MALE Lefevre 14 Corinne Mossire East FEMALE
15 Lilian Noirot East MALE
16 Amandine Blomme East FEMALE
17 Flavien Suck East MALE
18 Christel Hudry East FEMALE
1 Louis Aliot South West MALE
2 Joelle Melin South West FEMALE
3 Edouard Ferrand South West MALE
4 France Jamet South West FEMALE
5 Jacques Colombier South West MALE
6 Michèle Pellizzon South West FEMALE
7 Bruno Lemaire South West MALE
8 Sandrine South West FEMALE Gaudimier 9 Julien Sanchez South West MALE
10 Virginie Lange South West FEMALE
11 Jean-Guillaume South West MALE Remise 12 Marie-Thérèse South West FEMALE Costa-Fesenbeck 13 Robert Morio South West MALE
14 Natacha South West FEMALE Szézépaniak 15 Jean-Paul Piloz South West MALE
16 Marie-Christine South West FEMALE Aubert 17 Christophe Bardin South West MALE
18 Emmanuelle Pujol South West FEMALE
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19 Gaëtan Liguori South West MALE
20 Marie-Claude South West FEMALE Michel 1 Jean-Marie Le Pen South East MALE MEP 2 Marie-Christine South East FEMALE Arnautu 3 Bruno Gollnisch South East MALE MEP 4 Mireille D’ornano South East FEMALE
5 Dominique Martin South East MALE
6 Valérie Laupies South East FEMALE
7 Stéphane Ravier South East MALE
8 Sophie Robert South East FEMALE
9 Christophe Boudot South East MALE
10 Armelle De South East FEMALE Pierrefeu 11 Thibaut De La South East MALE Tocnaye 12 Estelle Massoni South East FEMALE
13 Jean-Yves Waquet South East MALE
14 Joëlle Regairaz South East FEMALE
15 Jean-Claude South East MALE Diedrich 16 Elisabeth Philippe South East FEMALE
17 Charles Perrot South East MALE
18 Nicole De South East FEMALE Lacheisserie 19 David Rachline South East MALE
20 Blanche Chaussat South East FEMALE
21 Bernard Marandat South East MALE
22 Agnès Marion South East FEMALE
23 Christian Grangis South East MALE
24 Marie-Claude South East FEMALE Aucouturier 25 Frédéric Boccaletti South East MALE
26 Lydia Schenardi South East FEMALE
1 Bernard Monot Massif Central Centre MALE
2 Jeanne Pothain Massif Central - Centre FEMALE
3 Philippe Loiseau Massif Central - Centre MALE
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4 Véronique Pean Massif Central - Centre FEMALE
5 Martial Maume Massif Central - Centre MALE
6 Anne Faurot Massif Central - Centre FEMALE
7 Michel Chassier Massif Central - Centre MALE
8 Claudine Lopez Massif Central - Centre FEMALE
9 Jean-Yves Narquin Massif Central - Centre MALE
10 Christine Marty Massif Central - Centre FEMALE
1 Aymeric Ile-de-France MALE Chauprade 2 Marie-Christine Ile-de-France FEMALE Boutonnet 3 Jean-Luc Ile-de-France MALE Schaffhauser 4 Nadine Betegnies Ile-de-France FEMALE
5 Karim Ouchikh Ile-de-France MALE
6 Audrey Guibert Ile-de-France FEMALE
7 Philippe Chevrier Ile-de-France MALE
8 Bernadette de la Ile-de-France FEMALE Bourdonnaye 9 Jean-Michel Dubois Ile-de-France MALE
10 Anne-Laure Ile-de-France FEMALE Maleyre 11 Frédéric Pichon Ile-de-France MALE
12 Karyne Gaudin- Ile-de-France FEMALE Contassot 13 Julien Rochedy Ile-de-France MALE
14 Rosa Da Silva Ile-de-France FEMALE Torres Goncalves 15 Dominique Joly Ile-de-France MALE
16 Virginie Recher Ile-de-France FEMALE
17 Renaud Persson Ile-de-France MALE
18 Anne-Sophie Desir Ile-de-France FEMALE
19 André Donzeau Ile-de-France MALE
20 Véronique Fornilli- Ile-de-France FEMALE Rata 21 Maxence Buttey Ile-de-France MALE
22 Mathilde Androuët Ile-de-France FEMALE
23 Pierre Nicolas Ile-de-France MALE
24 Vanessa Lancelot Ile-de-France FEMALE
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25 Alexandre Ile-de-France MALE Simonnot 26 Martine Clément- Ile-de-France FEMALE Launay 27 Laurent Salles Ile-de-France MALE
28 Laure Mercier Ile-de-France FEMALE
29 Cyril Nauth Ile-de-France MALE
30 Marie-Amélie Ile-de-France FEMALE Dutheil de la 1 RochèreMarie-Luce Overseas FEMALE Brasier-Clain 2 Marc Guille Overseas MALE
3 Muriel Dauphin Overseas FEMALE
4 René Tran Van Overseas MALE Nghia 5 Yvette Arnaud Overseas FEMALE
6 Stéphane Chipault Overseas MALE
7 Faoulati Sandi Overseas FEMALE
8 Joseph Grondin Overseas MALE
9 Bianca Henin Overseas FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 50%-50%
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HR CROATIA
This case study presents the situation in Croatia as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in Croatia regarding the application of gender quotas
2013-2014: 1287 Number of seats in the EP 2014-2019: 11
System type: Proportional electoral system with preferential voting Allocation of seats: D’Hondt method Threshold: 5 % Number of constituencies: 1 Compulsory voting: No Legal sources: Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage, Official Journal L 278 , 08/10/1976 P. 0005 – 0011. The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (Official Gazette 56/90, Electoral System type for the EP election 135/97, 8/98, 113/00, 124/00, 28/01, 2014 41/01, 55/01, 76/10 and 85/10) Act on Election of Members of the European Parliament from the Republic of Croatia(Official Gazette 92/10, 23/13) Voters' Register Act (Official Gazette, 144/12) Act on Financing of Political Activities and Electoral Promotion (Official Gazette, number 24/11, 61/11, 27/13 and 48/13- refined text) Rules of electronic media conduct towards national concessions in the Republic of Croatia during electoral promotion (Official Gazette 165/03 and 105/07)
87 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated . Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014).
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code of Conduct for Elections
National gender quotas apply: Yes/No No
If yes, describe what type (share of NA women, zipper system, etc)
Are there sanctions for non-compliance? NA (legal or financial) explain
(State Legal source and details) NA
10 percent more funds will be given to Additional comments political parties that have women elected into parliament88
The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014 Currently 2009-2014 Name of the list or Name of the list in represented in affiliated to independent candidate English the EP political group YES/NO + in the EP Patriotic Coalition joint list Hrvatska demokratska + zajednica Croatian Democratic + Croatian Union Hrvatska seljačka stranka Democratic + + Union: EPP Croatian Peasant Party Blok umirovljenici YES + zajedno + 4/2 Croatian Party Bloc Pensioners Together Zagorska demokratska + of Rights dr. stranka Democratic Party of Ante Starčević: + Zagorje ECR Hrvatski demokršćani + stranka Croatian Demochristian Party
Socijaldemokratska YES Social Democratic Party S&D Partija Hrvatske 2/3
Piratska Stranka Pirate Party NO /
Hrvatski laburisti – YES Croatian Labourists GUE/NGL Stranka rada 0/1
Partnertsvo Hrvatskog Partnership of the NO / Centra Croatian Centre
Održivi razvoj Hrvatske Croatian Sustainable NO / ORaH Development
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Abeceda demokracije Alphabet of Democracy NO / ABECEDA
Akcija Mladih Youth Action NO / AM
Autohtona – Hrvatska Autochthonous Croatian stranka prava NO / Party of Rights A-HSP
Demokratska Prigorsko – Democratic Foothill – Zagreb stranka NO / Zagreb Party DPS
Demokratska stranka žena Joint list of DSŽ Women’s Democratic + Party Hrvatska stranka + nezaposlenih Croatian Party of the NO / HSN Unemployed + + Akcija stranke Slavonije i Action Party of Slavonia Baranje umirovljenika and Baranja Pensioners ASBU
Hrvatska radnička stranka Croatian Labour Party NO / HRS
Hrvatska Stranka Reda Croatian Party of Order NO / HSR
Savez za Hrvatsku Alliance for Croatia joint list of Hrvatski demokratski savez Slavonije i Baranje Croatian Democratic HDSSB Alliance of Slavonia and + Baranja Akcija za bolju Hrvatsku + ABH Action for a Better + Croatia Autohtona - Hrvatska + seljačka stranka NO / Authentic Croatian A-HSS + Peasants Party Hrvatska stranka prava + HSP Croatian Party of Rights + Croatian Dawn Hrvatska Dawn - + Narodna stranka People’s Party Family HZ Party + + Obiteljska Stranka Vow to Croatia
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OS + Zavjet za Hrvatsku ZZH
Demokratska Unija Democratic Union NO / MDS
Naša stranka NS Our Party + + NO / Nova srpska stranka New Serbian Party NSS
Nezavisne liste - Ante Independent List – Ante NO / Đapića Đapića
Pokret za modernu Movement for Modern NO / Hrvatsku Croatia
Savez za promjene Alliance for Change NO / SP
Hrvatska Roma Snaga Croatian Roma Power NO / SRH
Socijalistička partija Hrvatske Socialist Party of Croatia NO / SPH
Socijalistička radnička Socialist Workers Party partija Hrvatske NO / of Croatia SRP
Stranka Hrvatska Croatian Togetherness Zajedništvo NO / Party SHZ
Stranka umirovljenika Pensioners Party NO / SU
Zeleni Hrvatske + Agenda mladih Joint list between demokrata Green Croatian Agenda+ AMD Young Democrats NO / + + Green Party Zelena stranka ZS
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Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica + Hrvatska seljačka stranka + Blok umirovljenici zajedno + Zagorska demokratska stranka + Hrvatski demokršćani stranka
Application of party gender quota
Patriotic Coalition joint list of Croatian Democratic Union + Croatian Peasant Party English Translation of party name + Bloc Pensioners Together + Democratic Party of Zagorje + Croatian Demochristian Party
Number of men/women in the EP (as at Croatian Democratic Union : 2/3 Croatian Party of Rights dr. Ante Starčević: January 2014) 0/1
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO89
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (No legislative quotas) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for HR 11 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 11 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Andrej Plenković MEP (HDZ) MALE
2 Dubravka Šuica MEP (HDZ) FEMALE
3 Ivana Maletić MEP (HDZ) FEMALE
4 Davor Ivo Stier MEP (HDZ) MALE
5 Marijana Petir (HSS) FEMALE
6 Ruža Tomašić MEP (HSP-AS) FEMALE
7 Ivica Tolić (HDZ) MALE
8 Ivan Tepeš (HSP-AS) MALE
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9 Željana Zovko (HDZ) FEMALE
10 Ivan Sablić (HDZ) MALE
11 Milivoj Špika (BUZ) MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 55%-45%
Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske + Hrvatska narodna stranka – liberalni demokrati + Istarski demokratski sabor + Hrvatska stranka umirovljenika + Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka
Application of party gender quota
Social Democratic Party + Croatian People’s Party – Liberal Democrats (HNS) + Istrian English Translation of party name Democratic Assembly (IDS) + Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) + Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS)
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 3/2 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No YES90 (Social Democratic Party)
If yes, describe what type (share of women, ”In 2000 the party adopted a formal 40 percent quota for men and women on zipper system, etc) electoral lists, but no rank-order rules”
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No NA
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (No legislative quotas) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party Yes, if only SDP candidates are counted they requirements? Yes/No reach 50 % women
Additional comments /
In total for HR 11 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 11 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Neven Mimica (SDP) MALE
2 Biljana Borzan MEP (SDP) FEMALE
3 Jozo Radoš (HNS) MALE
4 Ivan Jakovčić (IDS) MALE
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5 Tonino Picula MEP (SDP) MALE
6 Oleg Valjalo MEP (SDP) MALE
7 Višnja Fortuna (HSU) FEMALE
Sandra Petrović Jakovina 8 FEMALE MEP(SDP)
9 Marin Vučić (HNS) MALE
10 Karolina Leaković (SDP) FEMALE
11 Milorad Pupovac (SDSS) MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 64%-36%
Hrvatski laburisti – Stranka rada
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Croatian Labourists
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 1/0 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO91
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (no legislative quota) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for HR 11 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 11 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Nikola Vuljanić MEP MALE
2 Monika Bogeljić FEMALE
3 Sergej Dinić MALE
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4 Davorka Pšenica FEMALE
5 Damir Hršak MALE
6 Sanda Kolaković FEMALE
7 Vedran Sabljak MALE
8 Nansi Tireli FEMALE
9 Marita Brčić Kuljiš FEMALE
10 Matija Feješ MALE
11 Antun Kapraljević MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 54%-46%
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HU HUNGARY
This case study presents the situation in Hungary as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in Hungary regarding the application of gender quotas
2009-2014: 2292 Number of seats in the EP 2014-2019: 21
System type: proportional representation with closed lists. Allocation of seats: D’Hondt method. Only the lists that have won more votes than 5% of all the valid ballots cast on all the lists may be considered when awarding seats.93 Number of constituencies: 1 Electoral System type for Threshold: 5 % the EP election 2014 Compulsory voting: No Legal Sources: Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage, Official Journal L 278, 08/10/1976 P. 0005 – 0011. Act CXIII of 2003 on the Election of the Members of the European Parliament
National gender quotas No apply: Yes/No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, zipper Not applicable system, etc)
Are there sanctions for non-compliance? (legal or Not applicable financial) explain
(State Legal source and Not applicable details)
Additional comments There are quotas at party level (cf. pertinent section)
92 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated . Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014). 93 http://www.elections2014.eu/en/in-the-member-states/Hungary/electoral-law
200 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014 2009-2014 Currently Name of the list or Name of the list in affiliated to represented in independent candidate English political group the EP in the EP
Fidesz - Magyar Polgári YES Szövetség-Keresztény Hungarian Civic Union EPP 4/10 Demokrata Néppárt
Hungarian Socialist YES Magyar Szocialista Párt S&D Party 3/1
Jobbik – Magyarországért Movement for a Better YES NI Mozgalom Hungary 1/2
Politics Can Be Lehet Más a Politika NO / Different
Együtt 2014 Together 2014 NO /
Demokratikus Koalíció Democratic Coalition NO /
The Homeland is Not A Szülőföld nem eladó NO / For Sale
Seres Mária Szövetségesek Mária Seres Allies NO /
Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség – Keresztény Demokrata Néppárt
Application of party gender quota
Hungarian Civic Union - Christian People's English Translation of party name Party
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 10/4 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO94
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (no legislative quota) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A
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Additional comments /
In total for HU 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 21 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz MEP FEMALE
2 József Szájer MEP MALE
3 László Tőkés MEP MALE
4 Tamás Deutsch MEP MALE
5 András Gyürk MEP MALE
6 Kinga Gál MEP FEMALE
7 György Schöpflin MEP MALE
8 Norbert Erdős MALE
9 Andrea Bocskor FEMALE
10 Andor Deli MALE
11 Ádám Kósa MEP MALE
12 György Hölvényi MALE
13 Csaba Dömötör MALE
14 Balázs Hidvéghi MALE
15 Edina Tóth FEMALE
16 Balázs Rákossy MALE
17 György Csóti MALE
18 Réka Szemerkényi FEMALE
19 Nóra Király FEMALE
20 István Pálffy MALE
21 László Gubík MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 71%-29%
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Magyar Szocialista Párt
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Hungarian Socialist Party
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 1/3 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No YES95
If yes, describe what type (share of women, MSzP has a 20 percent quota for women96 zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (No legislative quotas) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party Yes requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for HU 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 21 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Tibor Szanyi MALE
2 István Ujhelyi MALE
3 Roland Gúr MALE
4 János Veres MALE
5 Zita Gurmai MEP FEMALE
6 Csaba Winkfein MALE
7 György Mudri MALE
8 András Kolozs MALE
9 Vilmos Szabó MALE
10 Kata Tüttő FEMALE
11 Zoltán Jernei MALE
12 Attila Pintér MALE
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13 Zoltán Laczik MALE
14 Ákos Komássy MALE
15 Helga Mihályi FEMALE
16 Gábor Bihary MALE
17 László Brantmüller MALE
18 Roland Schmuck MALE
19 Adrienn Kadia FEMALE
20 Marianna Konkoly FEMALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 75%-25%
Jobbik
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Movement for a Better Hungary
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 2/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO97
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (No legislative quotas) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
In total for HU 21 MEPs will be elected. Here the first 21 candidates are presented.
Position in the list Name of the candidate Sex of the candidate
1 Krisztina Morvai MEP FEMALE
2 Zoltán Balczó MALE
3 Béla Kovács MEP MALE
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4 Gábor Staudt MALE
5 László Sipos MALE
6 Zsolt Németh MALE
7 Géza Varga MALE
8 János Árgyelán MALE
9 Gábor Ferenczi MALE
10 Georgina Bernáth FEMALE
11 Gyula Popély MALE
12 Tibor Bana MALE
13 Dániel Z Kárpát MALE
14 Zoltán Pakusza MALE
15 Tamás Csányi MALE
Jacek Piotr Misztal (Ruch 16 MALE Narodowy, Poland)
17 László Zakó MALE
18 Róbert Dudás MALE
19 János Bencze MALE
20 Tímea Császárné Kollár FEMALE
21 Csanád Ábel Kőszeghy MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES IN THE LIST 86%-14%
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IE IRELAND
This case study presents the situation in Ireland as regards the representation of men and women on the electoral lists in the elections for the European Parliament 2014.
The first two tables indicate the legal situation regarding the representation of men and women on the lists and the names of all parties and independent candidates which will partake in these elections.
The subsequent tables are sorted by those political parties which were already represented in the European Parliament between 2009 and 2014 and will firstly indicate whether and how a party quota applies and then present the first half of the candidates on the lists for the 2014 elections.
The legal situation in Ireland regarding the application of gender quotas
2009-2014: 1298 Number of seats in the EP 2014-2019: 11
System type: Single Transferable Vote (STV-Droop; also known as Hare). Each voter casts their vote for one candidate and a second preference, in case their vote is to be transferred to another candidate (see “allocation of seats”) Threshold: no threshold. Number of constituencies: 3. In 2014 a constituency reshuffle will take place; only Dublin will keep the same amount of MEPs and the same geographical constituency. Allocation of seats: A candidate is elected once he or she has reached the quota. Any votes accruing to a candidate in excess of the quota are redistributed on a Electoral System type for proportional basis among the remaining candidates in the EP election 2014 accordance with the preferences expressed by the voters. Compulsory voting: no. Legal source: Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage, Official Journal L 278, 08/10/1976 P. 0005 – 0011. Governed by the Electoral Act 1992, the European Parliament Elections Acts 1997, the Electoral Act 1997, the Electoral (Amendment) Acts of 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2004, the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2014
National gender quotas at NO
98 Due to transitional arrangements due to the late implementation of the Lisbon treaty and the entry of Croatia, the number of MEPs per country in the term 2009 -2014 has fluctuated. Here we report the number of MEPs per country in the EU Parliament's term 2009 - 2014 as at the endof the term (May 2014).
206 Electoral lists ahead of the elections to the European Parliament from a gender perspective ______
EP level apply: Yes/No
If yes, describe what type (share of women, zipper NA system, etc)
Are there sanctions for non-compliance? (legal or NA financial) explain
(State Legal source and NA details)
Additional comments NA
The list of the political parties participating in the election to the European Parliament 2014 Name of the list or Currently 2009-2014 affiliated Name of the independent represented to political group in list in English candidate in the EP the EP YES Fine Gael Tribe of the Irish EPP 3/1
YES Labour Party Labour Party S&D 0/2
The Republican YES Fianna Fáil ALDE Party 3/0
Green Party Green Party NO G/EFA
Sinn Féin "we ourselves” NO GUE/ENG
YES Socialist Party Socialist Party GUE/ENG 1/0
People Before Profit People Before NO / Alliance Profit Alliance
Direct Democracy Direct Ireland Democracy NO / DDI Ireland (DDI)
(not usually Fís Nua NO / translated)
Catholic Catholic Democrats Democrats (The NO / (The National Party) National Party)
Nessa Childers MEP YES Independent NI Woman
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Jim Tallon Midlands- North-West Independent NO /
Marian Harkin MEP YES Independent / ALDE Woman
Rónán Mullen Independent NO /
Mark Fitzsimmons Independent NO /
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan Independent NO /
TJ FaySouth Independent NO /
Diarmuid O’Flynn (‘Ballyhea Says No’) Independent NO /
Jillian Godsil Independent NO /
Richard Cahill Independent NO /
Peter O’Loughlin Independent NO /
Analysis of lists of those parties represented in the EP from 2009-2014
Fine Gael
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Fine Gael
Number of men/women in the EP (as at 3/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO99
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (no legislative quota) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
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Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates
Position in Name of the candidate Constituency Sex of the candidate the list
1 Brian Hayes Dublin MALE
Midlands-North- 1 Jim Higgins MEP MALE West
Midlands-North- 2 Mairead McGuinness MEP FEMALE West
1 Sean Kelly MEP South MALE
2 Deirdre Clune South FEMALE
3 Simon Harris South MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 67%-33%
Labour Party
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Labour Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 2/0 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO100
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (no legislative quota) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments / The list includes all official candidates
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Position in Name of the candidate Constituency Sex of the candidate the list
1 Emer Costello MEP Dublin FEMALE
Midlands-North- 1 Lorraine Higgins FEMALE West
1 Phil Prendergast MEP South MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 33%-67%
Fianna Fáil
Application of party gender quota
English Translation of party name Fianna Fáil
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/3 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO101
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (no legislative quota) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates
Position in Name of the candidate Constituency Sex of the candidate the list
1 Mary Fitzpatrick Dublin FEMALE
Pat The Cope Gallagher Midlands-North- 1 MALE MEP West
Midlands-North- 2 Thomas Byrne MALE West
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1 Brian Crowley MEP South MALE
2 Kieran Hartley South MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 75%-25%
Socialist Party
English Translation of party name Socialist Party
Number of women/men in the EP (as at 0/1 January 2014)
Party quota applies? Yes /No NO102
If yes, describe what type (share of women, N/A zipper system, etc)
Are the lists monitored? Yes/No N/A
Is the list in compliance with national N/A (no legislative quota) requirements? Yes/No (if no, please specify)
Is the list in compliance with party N/A requirements? Yes/No
Additional comments /
The list includes all official candidates
Position in Name of the candidate Constituency Sex of the candidate the list
1 Paul Murphy MEP Dublin MALE
% OF MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES 100%-0%
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