Beijing Strip Clubs: The eu’s gentlemen’s club
Once those positions are filled, the regular European commission jobs need to be filled, each country getting a commissioner. So far only five countries – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden – have put forward female nominees.
In short, not only is the process for selecting these individuals grossly inadequate, but also the outcome is not close to representative of Europe’s population. It is quite probable that none of the top three positions – president of the commission, president of the European council, and high representative – will be held by a woman, and that less than one fifth of the commissioners will be female.
What sort of sign does that send to Europe’s citizens? Essentially that the EU is a closed, gentlemen’s club. This all is in stark juxtaposition to the EU’s formally stated policy aim of gender equality.
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