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TASR | Slovakia will have only one female MEP in the European People's Party
After the June European elections, Slovakia will have its weakest representation in the largest political group of the European Parliament - the European People's Party - since joining the EU in 2004. The only MEP in the EPP faction will be Miriam Lexmann from the Christian Democratic Movement. For the Slovak News Agency commented Žiga Faktor, head of the Brussels office and deputy director of EUROPEUM Institute.
15. July 2024
Members within the EPP have a stronger mandate to become part of influential committees. Certainly, it is important to be part of a major faction like the EPP, which leads many committees and holds dominant influence across the parliament. Having only one MEP from Slovakia there is not ideal.
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