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| 22/05/2019 | AND CITIZENSHIP

We want a European leadership that reflects Europe. All of Europe. Women too.

The election takes place all over Europe. In all EU Member States, women and men are on the ballot.

We hope you will all go vote so that our European Parliament is representative of women and men in equal numbers.

Equal representation is in everyone’s interest. It is not a woman issue. Yet some still act as if women are a minority. Women are not a minority. Women and men should be equally represented when it comes to European leadership.

So help us make sure that the new European leadership is equal. It is time we have a gender balanced . The same number of women and men among Commissioners. The same number of women and men in the team of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Commission. And as many female presidents as male in the European institutions.

It is now. Make it happen. Vote.

#BalancedEurope

#BalancedEurope Supporters , for Health Climate Action and Energy and Food Safety Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Member of the European , European Commissioner for Parliament Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Emma Bonino, Lead Candidate of Più Europa, former , Member of the German , European Commissioner Chairwoman of the Green Party , Lead Stine Bosse, President, European Movement Candidate of FDP, Member of the German Bundestag , Member of the German Bundestag Pervenche Berès, Member of the European Parliament , European Commissioner for Transport Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for , Lead Candidate of Momentum Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Nico Cué, Lead Candidate of the European Left Party Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for

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