There is still no fixed quota for women in the CSU.
That annoys Ulrike Scharf, member of the state parliament and head of the women's union, massively.
Even the mirror was now interested in their fight for the quota.
Erding - A good nine months ago, the CSU party congress rejected the mandatory women's quota requested by party leader Markus Söder in all CSU bodies, also to the great displeasure of the state chairman of the Women's Union (FU), Ulrike Scharf.
In an interview with Spiegel, the member of the Erdinger state parliament now settles accounts with her party.
"The party conference was a very bitter experience," said the 52-year-old the news magazine.
In the discussion about the quota, "many members of the FU suffered injuries that are still noticeable today and have to be worked up".
The discussion was even more relentless than the similar debate ten years ago.
It annoys many women that the district chairpersons always argued that they couldn't use the slide rule to monitor gender parity in board elections.
Above all, the resistance of young CSU delegates was painful.
Even with a lot of ambition, it wouldn't work without the quota, says Scharf.
It is a slight consolation for the environment minister from 2014 to 2018 that the CSU decided on a "target quota" of 50 percent in the inner board and a mandatory parity for the composition of the district and state boards.
She hopes for that when elections take place at all CSU levels next year.
For the advancement of women at the grassroots level, the party must be made even more sensitive.
With a view to the sister party CDU and its three male board candidates, Scharf said in the mirror: "I am very sorry that there is no woman in the carousel of candidates." However, you would also have to apply.
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