The law on parity in politics of June 6, 2000 brought women into Parliament. This year, there are 36% senators and 37% deputies, compared to respectively 6% and 10.9% in 1998.
It is deplorable to have to resort to quotas to repair an injustice, but political voluntarism made it possible to set in motion a mechanism that had been stuck since 1946. However, the arrival of women in the two hemicycles brought to the surface subjects which would not necessarily have moved their male colleagues.