TASR | Slovakia will have only one female MEP in the European People's Party faction

July 15, 2024

After the June European elections, Slovakia will have its weakest representation in the largest faction of the European Parliament - the European People's Party (EPP) - since joining the EU in 2004. The only MEP in the EPP faction will be Miriam Lexmann from the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). The situation was commented on for the Slovak News Agency (TASR) by the head of the Brussels office and deputy director of the Institute EUROPEUM, Žiga Faktor.

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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Žiga Faktor
Deputy Director & Head of Brussels Office

Expertise: European integration of Western Balkans, EU enlargement, Slovenian Politics and EU-Turkey relations

TASR | Slovakia will have only one female MEP in the European People's Party faction

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