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Networkers Furtwängler, Kugel, Kraus, Bossong, Allmendinger: »Overdue social recognition of women«
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When Franziska Giffey and Christine Lambrecht submitted a proposal for the quota for women in companies at the beginning of the year, they received an answer from Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) that left them speechless.
It said that the suggestions of the SPD colleagues from the family and justice departments could not be implemented.
They are not in the coalition agreement, intervene "deeply in entrepreneurial freedom", in short: There is certainly no time for such sensitive laws during the corona crisis.
Lambrecht is still annoyed about this today: “It was said that the economy is currently under enough strain.
And now you come with women too? "
The fact that the Union has now moved came as a surprise to many, not just in the SPD.
There was also great astonishment in our own ranks that a compromise had been found.
In listed companies with equal co-determination and with more than three board members, at least one woman must be represented in the future.
It has long been clear that something has to change in Germany's boardrooms.
The proportion of women in the 30 largest German listed companies at the beginning of September was a paltry 12.8 percent.
This is how the Allbright Foundation calculated it.
Compared with the USA, Sweden, Great Britain, France and Poland, Germany is at the bottom.
But that was already clear to Minister of Economic Affairs Altmaier in the spring.
So what started the turnaround in the Union?
And how did CSU boss Markus Söder come to be a champion for the women's quota?
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