Agreement between CDU and SPD, law should follow quickly. Structures in management bodies should be “changed in a family-friendly manner”.
The CDU and SPD agreed on a binding quota for women on boards on Friday. According to the resolution, a woman must be a member of the executive boards of listed companies with equal co-determination and with more than three members.
Existing mandates can, however, be carried out until their intended end. In other words, none of the men who currently hold this post need to leave early. Stricter requirements apply to the public service and to companies in which the federal government holds a majority stake.
Law before the election
The project is now to be implemented as quickly as possible. “We want the legislative process to be completed before the federal election,” said parliamentary group vice-president Nadine Schön (CDU) in an online press conference on Sunday. “That is why we have designed the law in such a way that it does not require co-determination by the Federal Council,” she added.
State Minister Annette Widmann-Mauz (CDU) said: “We want to go to the cabinet on January 6th. That's very ambitious, but it can work. ”When asked how the three men who are applying for the CDU chairmanship stand on the planned change in the law, she replied that all three applicants knew how important women are for majority ability Bundestag elections are – “some have certainly also reconsidered their position”.
“Creating the Change”
“For us women are not a burden, not even in the economic crisis,” emphasized Widmann-Mauz. Rather, women contribute to “that we are better off economically”. Therefore one now wants to “help those who have not yet realized this for themselves”.
Schön said: “We cannot manage change if we still have a few more women who work 80 hours a week.” It is better to change the structures in the management bodies so that a balance between family and work is possible for everyone be.
