European elections: No women at the top of the lists of candidates

The online newspaper Žurnal24 criticises the fact that not one of the Slovenian parties has a female candidate at the top of its list even though the topic of equal rights for women comes up on a daily basis: "Should women stay at home? Everyone talks about equality. On March 8 [International Women's Day] the President of the Republic of Slovenia depicted this as the most important topic. Yet among the leading candidates for the European elections there is not a single woman. Not even any new faces. With their selection of candidates the parties are trying to revive the political careers of familiar figures - people who were ministers or held other important posts in the past. How boring. Voters, take matters into your own hands! Remember June 7, go to the ballot and vote! Vote for women, for young people, for those you like! Otherwise I fear Slovenia could end up with no female representatives in the European Parliament for the next five years."

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