The graph below shows the percentage of female members of parliament in five European countries, from 2000 to 2012.

The graph below shows the percentage of female members of parliament in five European countries, from 2000 to 2012.
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The line graph highlights data about the proportion of female members
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European countries over a twelve-year period between 2000 and 2012.
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, what stands out from the graph is that the percentage of woman
MPs
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saw a general upward trend in the given period. Looking into details, regarding female
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in Italy, despite some stable trends, it increased dramatically from 2.5% to around 23% between 2004 and 2008. If we look at the figure for the UK and Germany, the trend was similar, starting at 18% and 31%, respectively, by the end of the period, with moderate growth
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Belgium, it started at 24% and increased sharply to 35% in 2004, after which it levelled
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until 2008. The figure
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improved significantly to 37% in the subsequent years. The proportion of female
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in Spain followed a similar trend to Belgium until 2008. By 2012, the proportion of female
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in Spain had levelled off.
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