Share of female lawmakers in Germany's new Bundestag slides to 32%

NAMPA / DPA
2025-02-24
Berlin (dpa) - Official results on Monday showed the new Bundestag - the country's lower house of parliament - is set to have 204 female lawmakers, representing 32.4% of the 630 seats in the chamber as decided under the new German electoral law. The ratio of women has thus seen a slight drop from the 35% figure in the previous Bundestag. Among the reasons for the fall is the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which doubled its......
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