Elections to the European Parliament on June 6-9 in the 27 member states of the European Union may be accompanied by a scenario in which the main institutions of the EU – the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament – will be headed by women, the publication commented. The European edition of Politico on Thursday quoted Agerpres.

After the European elections in June, the positions of the Commission President, the President of the European Union and the President of the European Council, to which the position of the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs is added, will be distributed among the main political groups. .

In diplomatic circles in Brussels, four names, all women, were mentioned for the respective positions: Ursula von der Leyen for the position of President of the European Commission, which she has already held since 2019; the Maltese Robert Metzola for the position of President of the European Parliament, and she currently holds this position; the current head of the Danish government, Mette Frederiksen, to the position of head of the European Council; and Estonia’s Chief Executive Kaja Kallas as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

“This is my ‘dream team.’ It would be such a strong signal,” said a European diplomat on condition of anonymity.

Obviously, the decision has not been made yet. There are often surprises regarding the outcome of the negotiations for the respective positions (see the case of Ursula von der Leyen in 2019), and many names of male candidates are circulated. In addition, the decision on the presidency of the European Parliament depends on MEPs and European political parties, not on national leaders.

But there are many elements that make this combination make sense. According to a poll published by Politico, this scenario could become a reality if the EPP and the Socialists are placed in the first two positions in the European Parliament elections, and the liberals have a fourth chance.

According to this poll, the MEP factions “Identity and Democracy” (ID, far right) and “European Conservatives and Reformists” (ECR, right) will take 3rd and 5th places in the European Parliament elections, but will not get any first position in the EU, although there are the assumption that the ECR could provide a vice-president of the European Commission.

Thus, the leadership of the European Commission and the Parliament will remain in the hands of the European People’s Party (members of which are Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metzola), after 2.5 years the presidency of the European Parliament will pass to another political group. The Socialists, through Mette Frederiksen, will get the presidency of the European Council (an option increasingly discussed by European diplomats), while the Liberals (Renew Europe group) will get the head of European diplomacy through Kaya Callas.

Moreover, the geographical balance will also be the same: the East will have its representative (the Estonian Kallas), the West – another (the German Ursula von der Leyen), the North – the Danish Frederiksen, and the South – the Maltese Metzola.

If you add to this list the names of Christine Lagarde, whose mandate as the president of the European Central Bank ends in 2027, and Nadia Calvino, who recently became the president of the European Investment Bank, then the most powerful positions in the EU will be occupied by women, notes Politico.

Until now, there have been three presidents of the European Council – Belgians Herman van Rompuy and Charles Michel and Polish Donald Tusk. Until 2019, before Ursula von der Leyen, the position of President of the European Commission was held only by men.

Since the first elections to the European Parliament in 1979, only three of the 17 presidents have been women: Simone Weil, Nicole Fontaine and now Roberta Metzola.

As regards committees and political groups in the European Parliament, women are underrepresented. Currently, three political groups (Socialists and Democrats, Greens and Left) are led by women, and only seven women (compared to 17 men) are presidents of European parliamentary committees.