On Wednesday, Germany's constitutional court approved the creation of a permanent bailout fund for the euro, and elections in the Netherlands did not increase the representation of political parties critical of the euro to the extent many had predicted.
That attempts so far to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in the party were "risible".
We decided to launch the Curriculum Campaign, our appeal to increase the representation of women and ethnic minorities on the GCSE and A-level curriculums.
In January, the broadcaster announced 2016 as a "year of disability" where it aimed to increase the representation of disabled people in broadcasting.
And officials are determined to increase the representation of blacks, who currently make up more 50percentt of the force, in the higher ranks.
Adolf Hitler was determined to increase the representation of German art in public collections and to expunge from these collections all traces of "decadent" art.
Government could and should add real value to sectoral initiatives by creating a cabinet level science minister with specific responsibilities to increase the representation of women at all levels of the STEM workforce.
A spokeswoman for Sound Women, the industry pressure group devoted to giving women a louder voice on the airwaves, said: "Sound Women welcomes the move from the BBC to increase the representation of women on air.
Despite efforts to increase the representation of black and ethnic minority people in the church, the proportion only rose from 3%to3.4%4% in the four years up to 2015.
The chairman of the judges, Christopher Ricks, stressed the genuinely global reach of the 2013 list with authors aged between 45 and 89, but said the panel "didn't take any steps at all" to increase the representation of women authors.
So, out of that came this idea of how to increase the representation of minorities in the audience and onstage, and I thought a competition would be a good vehicle".
