France: Record Number of Women Elected to Parliament

Paris: France voted a record number of women into parliament on Sunday, June 18, thanks largely to President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to field a gender-balanced candidate list for his victorious Republic on the Move (LREM) party.As of late Sunday evening, there were 156 women lawmakers elected to France’s National Assembly, already more than ever before, and with 148 seats as yet undecided.