Breher criticizes the lack of career opportunities for women in the CDU

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Silvia Breher, deputy party leader of the CDU: "I would think it would be nice if different political approaches were reflected in the future party presidium."

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The female members of the CDU want to play a decisive role in shaping the future of the party: They insist on more power and influence.

Now the deputy CDU chairwoman Silvia Breher has also spoken out.

She criticized the lack of career opportunities for women in her party.

“Over the years we often had women in top positions who tended to have no children.

Ursula von der Leyen was an exception, «said Breher to the news portal» t-online «.

But many women in the party would have bet completely on their careers.

It should not be the case that the decision between children or a career has to be made.

That would be the case, for example, with spontaneous invitations to party meetings on Sunday evening.

“Then my Sunday with the children will be over

because I don't live in Berlin.

I have to leave after breakfast, ”said Breher.

Many who do not have to bear responsibility for children would not have this in mind.

Breher is skeptical of the member survey

Breher himself ruled out running for party chairmanship, she said that she was "not currently under discussion".

The reason is that her children also have "at least one right" to spend time with her as a mother.

Regarding a possible member survey for the office of the next party chairman, she expressed herself skeptically: “A membership decision is not only the great savior.

This can be seen in the SPD, which has had dubious experiences with it. "

For the reorganization of the party and the election of the new presidium, the vice-chairwoman demands: »I think it would be nice if different political approaches were reflected in the future party presidium.

Sometimes conservative, sometimes liberal, sometimes Christian-social. "

Criticism of the fight votes

She also thinks double leadership as chairperson is conceivable, even if she does not yet "make a majority" for it, said Breher "t-online".

The dual leadership can still be discussed: »I'm open.

It is important that the Union is visible as a team that does not only consist of men from North Rhine-Westphalia - although they are all competent and good colleagues. "

Breher also criticizes the voting at the party congresses in December 2018 and January 2020, when a new CDU chairman was elected: “That led to trenches and injuries.

And that must not be repeated. "

Before Breher, Nadine Schön, previous vice-chairman of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, had already spoken out on the role of women in the Union.

"For years we have had too few women in parliament and the party," said Schön.

"We have to become more."

The gender of the future chairman or chairman is of secondary importance.

Someone is needed "who will bring the party together and make it broader," said Schön.

Nonetheless, the party had female leaders for a long time.

"That was good for the party."

lau / AFP