Elections to the European Parliament will be held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be elected by proportional representation to represent 497,198,700 people.

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The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest alliance of women’s non-governmental organisation in the European Union and works for the advancement of equality between women and men as well as the mainstreaming and monitoring of a feminist gender equality perspective in all areas of European Union policy and for the achievement of parity democracy at all levels.

EWL launched the "50/50 Campaign for Democracy" for concrete action to increase women’s presence in politics and in the 2009 European Parliament elections. To read more click here.

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