The statistical information provided indicates the proportion of female MPs in five major European nations over a twelve-year
period
starting in 2000. Use synonyms
Overall
, there was a general upward trend in the percentage of women elected.
Perhaps the most noteworthy feature of the graph is the dramatic rise that took place in Italy. At the beginning of the Linking Words
period
, a mere 2.5% of MPs in Use synonyms
this
country were women; Linking Words
however
, by the end of the Linking Words
period
, Use synonyms
this
figure had increased tenfold. Notably, the major surge occurred during a four-year Linking Words
period
between 2004 and 2008.
Another key feature is that during the whole Use synonyms
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there were, rather surprisingly, comparatively smaller changes in the percentages in the UK and Germany. Add a comma
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Furthermore
, Linking Words
although
the latter country had the highest proportion of female MPs at the start of Linking Words
this
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period
, twelve years later, it had been overtaken by Belgium, where just under 40% of the elected politicians were female.
Interestingly, in Spain, after a notable rise of roughly 10% over the first four years of the Use synonyms
period
, the percentage of female representatives in parliament levelled off for the remaining eight years of the Use synonyms
period
under discussion.Use synonyms