You are one month late; Italy abolished women discrimination norms in a referendum. Thanks to Pope Francis things are changing in Europe, and soon they will follow Italy.
DBWI: No Fascist France?
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Well, that was 27 October, and yes, Roman Catholic Church has done a lot to campaign against women discrimination, culminating with The Queen agreeing with said referendum and hold it with her Royal Prerogative, despite Parliament trying to block the referendum from happening.
Well, the other Royalties have indeed taking cues on that, and several Catholic Monarchs (Spain, Poland, Austria, etc) has vowed to use their Royal Prerogative if their parliament refused the motion.
2020 Elections with large-scale almost-universal suffrage for everyone above (21-24 depending on which kingdom) would be fun to watch. With the voting populance doubled, it would be far more different game to play. Women are known to be far more religious than men, and so, the expectations would be additional boost on Christian parties all over Europe.
And it's not like men in those countries have much political rights, as continental Europe (aside from the Dutch and the Scandinavians) is divided between right-wing absolute monarchies and far-right fascist dictatorships.
Now you are generalizing. While monarchs do retain executive powers, the majority of them are constitutional at least from 1989 onwards. Heck, Social Democratic Parties in Austria, Spain and Italy are winning every election since 2016. French one has even governed a couple of times. And the others have ruled regions and big cities from 1968 onwards. 2015 elections has been the last tailslash of European right, in my own hopinion.
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