EU, the identikit of Italian parliamentarians: few women and few young people
The average age is 52, while those under 40 are only 11.8%. Fi has the highest average age (55). Fdi the group with the fewest women (20.8%)
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18 July will be the baptism for the MEPs elected on 8-9 June. On that occasion there will be a vote to elect the new President of the European Commission. In the identikit of the new 76 Italian MEPs, the presence of women is low, and those under 40 are also a minority
Few women
.Despite the fact that the law provides for gender parity in the lists for the European elections (half of the candidates must be men and half women) and despite the triple gender preference (if two preferences are expressed, one must be a woman, and if three preferences are expressed, one can indicate either two men and one woman or two women and one man), only 32.9% of MEPs were elected. The parties with the largest share of women (50%) are the League and Alleanza Verdi Sinistra, while the smallest share is for Fratelli d'Italia (20.8%).
Few under 40
.The average age of MEPs is 52. The group with the highest figure (55 years) is Forza Italia, while those with the lowest (50 years) are M5S and Fratelli d'Italia. The average age in the PD is 54, followed by AVS (53) and Lega (52). In general, the under 40s are only 11.8% while the over 60s are almost double that number (22.4%). With the over 70s coming in at 6.6%.
